failure vs lot
lot vs failurefailure and lot both are nouns.
failure is not a verb while lot is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| failure | Yes | No | No | No |
| lot | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
lot is a hypernym of
failure; that is, lot is a
word with a broader meaning than failure:
- failure: lack of success
- lot: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
| failure (noun) | lot (noun) |
|---|---|
| an act that fails | anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random |
| an unexpected omission | an unofficial association of people or groups |
| an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | any collection in its entirety |
| a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | a parcel of land having fixed boundaries |
| lack of success | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
| loss of ability to function normally | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) |
| inability to discharge all your debts as they come due |
| failure (verb) | lot (verb) |
|---|---|
| administer or bestow, as in small portions | |
| divide into lots, as of land, for example |
Words related to "failure"
- abortion
- backsliding
- bank failure
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- breach
- breakdown
- bust
- circumstances
- copout
- coronary failure
- crop failure
- dashing hopes
- dead duck
- default
- defeat
- depreciation
- derogation
- destiny
- disappointment
- disorder
- disparagement
- downfall
- dud
- equipment failure
- error
- fail
- failing
- fate
- fizzle
- flame-out
- flash in the pan
- flop
- flunk
- fortune
- happening
- heart failure
- insolvency
- insolvent
- kidney failure
- lapse
- lapsing
- licking
- loser
- loss
- lot
- luck
- malformation
- malfunction
- miscarriage
- miscreation
- misfire
- misplay
- miss
- natural event
- naught
- nonaccomplishment
- nonachievement
- nonconformance
- nonconformity
- nonpayment
- nonremittal
- nonstarter
- occurrence
- occurrent
- omission
- out
- portion
- relapse
- relapsing
- renal failure
- reversion
- reverting
- ruin
- ruination
- skip
- success
- underdog
- unfortunate
- unfortunate person
- unsuccessful person
- upset
- washout
Words related to "lot"
- Four Hundred
- accumulation
- administer
- aggregation
- allot
- apply
- assemblage
- assign
- bad luck
- band
- batch
- building site
- bunch
- caboodle
- camp
- car park
- car pool
- carve up
- circle
- circumstances
- clique
- cohort
- collection
- company
- condition
- confederacy
- conspiracy
- coterie
- deal
- deal out
- deluge
- destiny
- dish out
- dispense
- dissever
- distribute
- divide
- dole out
- draw
- failure
- fate
- flock
- flood
- fortune
- give
- good deal
- good fortune
- good luck
- great deal
- hatful
- haymow
- heap
- horsey set
- horsy set
- ill luck
- ingroup
- inner circle
- inundation
- jet set
- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
- luck
- luckiness
- mass
- mess
- mete out
- mickle
- mint
- misfortune
- mountain
- muckle
- object
- pack
- parcel
- parcel of land
- parcel out
- park
- parking area
- parking lot
- party
- passel
- peck
- physical object
- piece of ground
- piece of land
- pile
- plenty
- portion
- pot
- providence
- quite a little
- raft
- reallot
- roll out
- separate
- set
- shell out
- sight
- slew
- social group
- spate
- split
- split up
- stack
- tidy sum
- torrent
- tough luck
- tract
- vacant lot
- wad
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