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fortune vs toss-up

toss-up vs fortune

fortune and toss-up both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fortune Yes No No No
toss-up Yes No No No
As nouns, toss-up is a hyponym of fortune; that is, toss-up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fortune:
  • fortune: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  • toss-up: an unpredictable phenomenon
Other hyponyms of fortune include bad luck, mischance, mishap, even chance, tossup.
fortune (noun) toss-up (noun)
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another an unpredictable phenomenon
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
a large amount of wealth or prosperity
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Difference between fortune and toss-up

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