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Fortuitous vs. Fortunate
Fortuitous
/fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/Examples:
A fortuitous encounter led to a lifelong friendship.She stumbled upon a fortuitous solution to the puzzle.The fortuitous timing saved them from disaster.
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Fortunate
/ˈfɔːtʃənət/Examples:
He had to work for the good of the fortunate few.I do not consider myself at all a fortunate person."We were very fortunate to survive.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Fortuitous relates to chance events, while fortunate relates to favorable outcomes.
- Think of fortuitous as involving randomness or luck; fortunate involves something positive happening.
- Being fortuitous can involve any unexpected event, not necessarily good, while being fortunate typically means good things happen.
- The root fort in both words means luck but fortuitous doesn't have to be good luck.
- Remember that not every fortuitous event leads to a fortunate result.
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