Tribulation vs Misfortune - What's the difference?
tribulation | misfortune |
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
* 1535 , , Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation , ch. 6:
* 1847 , , Omoo , ch. 11:
* 1944 June 27, , Speech in Chicago, Illinois to the 23rd Republican National Convention:
* 2009 Sept. 24, , "
(uncountable) bad luck
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
(countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
* 1839 , Charles Robert Darwin,
As nouns the difference between tribulation and misfortune
is that tribulation is any adversity; a trying period or event while misfortune is bad luck.As a proper noun Tribulation
is a relatively short period of time before the second coming where believers will experience worldwide persecution and be purified and strengthened by it.tribulation
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(en noun)- For the blessed apostle himself in his sore tribulation', praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God (in a manner) that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that '''tribulation''' to strengthen him was far better for him than to take that ' tribulation from him.
- Baltimore's tribulations were indeed sore; there was no peace for him day nor night.
- It is youth who must inherit the tribulation , the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
Kristina'': A New Musical from the ABBA Guys," ''New York Times (retrieved 12 March 2014):
- Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations .
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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 .