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Kenny1999 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Fate and Destiny

What is the difference between these two vocabs
Any example to let me *feel their difference?

I want to improve my English Thanks you guy
  

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There's often no difference at all intended. But here are a couple of quick comments on nuances. fate This is the more common word.

— Clive

  • There's often no difference at all intended.
  • But here are a couple of quick comments on nuances.
  • fate This is the more common word.
  • Sometimes just used to decribe an accident.
  • destiny A less common word.
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There's often no difference at all intended.
But here are a couple of quick comments on nuances.

fate This is the more common word. Sometimes just used to decribe an accident.

destiny A less common word. To my mind, suggests a
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Can you give examples on how to use these two words - fate and destiny. I know their difference now but I want to know how they are usually used in expression. THanks
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Although the words are used interchangeably in many cases, fate and destiny can be distinguished. Modern usage defines fate as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events. Fate defines events as ordered or "meant to be". Fate is used in regard to the finality of events as they have worked themselves out, and that same finality is projected into the future to become the in
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