predestination vs destiny

destiny vs predestination

predestination and destiny both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
predestination	Yes	No	No	No
destiny	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, destiny is a hypernym of predestination; that is, destiny is a word with a broader meaning than predestination:

predestination: previous determination as if by destiny or fate
destiny: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

Other hypernyms of predestination include fate.

predestination (noun)	destiny (noun)
(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)	an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
previous determination as if by destiny or fate	the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
	your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

Difference between predestination and destiny

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