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Luck vs Juju - What's the difference?

luck | juju |

As nouns the difference between luck and juju

is that luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence while juju is a fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.

As a verb luck

is to succeed by chance.

As a proper noun Luck

is {{surname|from=given names}.

luck

English

Noun

(-)
  • Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
    • The raffle is just a matter of luck .
    Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
    I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
    Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
  • A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
    • He blew on the dice for luck .
    I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
  • success
    • I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck .
    He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.

    Synonyms

    * fortune (both senses)

    Derived terms

    * bad luck * down on one's luck * good luck * luckless * lucky * lucky break * luck out * luck of the draw * luck of the Irish * luck upon * push one's luck * ride one's luck * run of bad luck * sheer luck * streak of good luck

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To succeed by chance.
    • His plan lucked out.
  • To rely on luck.
    • No plan. We're just to going to have to luck through.
  • To carry out relying on luck.
    • Our plan is to luck it through.
    1000 English basic words

    juju

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ju-ju

    Etymology 1

    From a West African language, probably originally from (etyl) joujou.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
  • The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
  • A superstitious belief in the karmic consequences of an action or behavior, usually negative in connotation.
    • That's some bad juju .
  • A type of music popular in Nigeria. (See )
    • Derived terms
    * jujuism

    Etymology 2

    Reduplication of -ju- in (marijuana).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 75:
  • *:‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus ,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’
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