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Samerrustom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Lucky VS Fortunate

What is the difference in meaning between "lucky" and "Fortunate"?
Can I use them interchangeably?
  

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samerrustom Can I use them interchangeably? Sometimes, yes. Both are related to getting a good result, not because of anything you or anyone else did, but simply because of luck: you just happened to get a good result.

— MrGuedes

  • samerrustom Can I use them interchangeably?
  • Sometimes, yes.
  • Both are related to getting a good result, not because of anything you or anyone else did, but simply because of luck: you just happened to get a good result.
  • You can say someone had a lucky escape or a fortunate escape: same thing.
  • Now, ‘fortunate’ can also mean ‘favourable’ or ‘advantageous’, like when you talk about a fortunate position, or a fortunate match, or simply fortunate circumstances.
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samerrustomCan I use them interchangeably?
Sometimes, yes. Both are related to getting a good result, not because of anything you or anyone else did, but simply because of luck: you just happened to get a good result. You can say someone had a lucky escape or a fortunate escape: same thing.

Now, ‘fortunate’ can also mean ‘favourable’ or ‘advantageous’
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