fortune vs failure

fortune and failure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fortune	Yes	No	No	No
failure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, failure is a hyponym of fortune; that is, failure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fortune:

fortune: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
failure: lack of success

Other hyponyms of fortune include good fortune, good luck, luckiness, providence, bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck.

fortune (noun)	failure (noun)
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	an act that fails
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome	an unexpected omission
a large amount of wealth or prosperity	an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)	a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
	lack of success
	loss of ability to function normally
	inability to discharge all your debts as they come due