Fate vs. Destiny
Difference Between Fate and Destiny
Fatenoun
The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events
Fate did not favor his career.Destinynoun
The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
Fatenoun
The inevitable events predestined by this force
It was her fate to marry a lout.Destinynoun
A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control
"Marriage and hanging go by destiny" (Robert Burton).Fatenoun
A final result or consequence; an outcome
What was the fate of your project?.Destinynoun
The power or agency thought to predetermine events
Destiny brought them together.Fatenoun
An unfavorable outcome in life; doom or death
suffered a fate worse than death.the island where the explorer met his fate.Destinynoun
That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will
Fatenoun
Fates Greek & Roman Mythology The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who control human destiny. Used with the.
Destinynoun
The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
Fatenoun
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
Destinynoun
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Fatenoun
The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
Destinynoun
the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman);
we are helpless in the face of DestinyFatenoun
Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
Accept your fate.Destinynoun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
whatever my fortune may bedeserved a better fatehas a happy lotthe luck of the Irisha victim of circumstancessuccess that was her portionFatenoun
(mythology) lang=en (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
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(transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.Fatenoun
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Fatenoun
the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman);
we are helpless in the face of DestinyFatenoun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
whatever my fortune may bedeserved a better fatehas a happy lotthe luck of the Irisha victim of circumstancessuccess that was her portionFateverb
decree or designate beforehand;
She was destined to become a great pianist
