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Luck vs Timing - What's the difference?

luck | timing |

As nouns the difference between luck and timing

is that luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence while timing is an occurrence or event.

As verbs the difference between luck and timing

is that luck is to succeed by chance while timing is present participle of lang=en.

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

    timing

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) An occurrence or event.
  • (uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
  • (uncountable) The time when something happens.
  • (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  • (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

    • Derived terms

    * active timing * attack timing * back-timing * basic ignition timing * basic timing * color timing * comic timing * computer-controlled timing * continuous variable valve timing * dynamic ignition timing * ignition timing * market timing * sequential valve timing * signal timing * stress timing * syllable timing * targa timing * target timing * valve timing * variable cam timing * variable valve timing

    Verb

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