WordCmp.com

fortuity vs happenstance

happenstance vs fortuity

fortuity and happenstance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fortuity Yes No No No
happenstance Yes No No No
As nouns, happenstance is a hyponym of fortuity; that is, happenstance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fortuity:
  • fortuity: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
  • happenstance: an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
Other hyponyms of fortuity include hap, break, good luck, happy chance, coincidence, lottery.
fortuity (noun) happenstance (noun)
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
Difference between fortuity and happenstance

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.