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happenstance vs fortuity

fortuity vs happenstance

happenstance and fortuity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
happenstance Yes No No No
fortuity Yes No No No
As nouns, fortuity is a hypernym of happenstance; that is, fortuity is a word with a broader meaning than happenstance:
  • happenstance: an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
  • fortuity: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
Other hypernyms of happenstance include accident, chance event, stroke.
happenstance (noun) fortuity (noun)
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
Difference between happenstance and fortuity

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