Fortune vs. Wealth

Fortune vs. Wealth — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Fortune and Wealth

Fortunenoun

The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck

He decided to travel, and his fortune turned for the worse.

Wealthnoun

An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches

gave his wealth away to charity.

Fortunenoun

fortunes The turns of luck in the course of one's life.

Wealthnoun

The state of being rich; affluence

a community of great wealth.

Fortunenoun

Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck

No matter what they tried, it ended in fortune.

Wealthnoun

Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use

the agricultural wealth of the region.
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Fortunenoun

A person's condition or standing in life determined by material possessions or financial wealth

She pursued her fortune in Rome.

Wealthnoun

A great amount; a profusion

a wealth of advice.

Fortunenoun

Extensive amounts of material possessions or money; wealth.

Wealthnoun

(economics) Riches; valuable material possessions.

Fortunenoun

A large sum of money

spent a fortune on the new car.

Wealthnoun

A great amount; an abundance or plenty.

She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
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Fortunenoun

often Fortune A hypothetical, often personified force or power that favorably or unfavorably governs the events of one's life

We believe that Fortune is on our side.

Wealthnoun

(obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

Fortunenoun

Fate; destiny

told my fortune with tarot cards.

Wealthnoun

the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money;

great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence

Fortunenoun

A foretelling of one's destiny.

Wealthnoun

the quality of profuse abundance;

she has a wealth of talent

Fortuneverb

(Archaic) To endow with wealth.

Wealthnoun

an abundance of material possessions and resources

Fortuneverb

(Obsolete) To ascribe or give good or bad fortune to.

Wealthnoun

property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

Fortuneverb

To occur by chance; happen.

Fortunenoun

Destiny, especially favorable.

She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.

Fortunenoun

A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.

Fortunenoun

A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.

Fortunenoun

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.

Fortunenoun

Good luck.

Fortune favors the brave.

Fortunenoun

One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.

He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.Her fortune is estimated at 3 million dollars.

Fortunenoun

A large amount of money.

That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?

Fortuneverb

To happen, take place.

Fortuneverb

To provide with a fortune.

Fortuneverb

To presage; to tell the fortune of.

Fortunenoun

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;

bad luck caused his downfallwe ran into each other by pure chance

Fortunenoun

a large amount of wealth or prosperity

Fortunenoun

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;

it was my good luck to be therethey say luck is a ladyit was as if fortune guided his hand

Fortunenoun

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 portion