Fortunate vs Serendipitous - What's the difference?
fortunate | serendipitous |
Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
Presaging happiness.
Auspicious.
Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
Lucky, favored by fortune.
By serendipity; by unexpected good fortune.
Good, beneficial, favorable, etc..
As adjectives the difference between fortunate and serendipitous
is that fortunate is coming by good luck or favorable chance while serendipitous is by serendipity; by unexpected good fortune.fortunate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a fortunate event
- a fortunate concurrence of circumstances
- a fortunate investment
Synonyms
* luckyAntonyms
* unlucky * unfortunateDerived terms
* unfortunately * fortunatelySee also
* unluckily * luckily (Webster 1913) ----serendipitous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The weather was serendipitous for our vacation.