Misfortune vs Pestilence - What's the difference?
misfortune | pestilence | Related terms |
(uncountable) bad luck
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
(countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
* 1839 , Charles Robert Darwin,
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
* 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart,
Misfortune is a related term of pestilence.
As a noun misfortune
is (uncountable) bad luck.As a proper noun pestilence is
the personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.misfortune
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Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune .
- The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- It was my fortune, or misfortune , to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune , happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
- She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes .
pestilence
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(en noun)- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.