Wealth vs. Fortune
Difference Between Wealth and Fortune
Wealthnoun
(economics) Riches; valuable material possessions.
Fortunenoun
Destiny, especially favorable.
She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.Wealthnoun
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.Fortunenoun
A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
Wealthnoun
(obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
Fortunenoun
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
Wealthnoun
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money;
great wealth is not a sign of great intelligenceFortunenoun
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
Wealthnoun
the quality of profuse abundance;
she has a wealth of talentFortunenoun
Good luck.
Fortune favors the brave.Wealthnoun
an abundance of material possessions and resources
Fortunenoun
One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.Her fortune is estimated at 3 million dollars.Wealthnoun
property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
Fortunenoun
A large amount of money.
That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?Fortuneverb
To happen, take place.
Fortuneverb
To provide with a fortune.
Fortuneverb
To presage; to tell the fortune of.
Fortunenoun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;
bad luck caused his downfallwe ran into each other by pure chanceFortunenoun
a large amount of wealth or prosperity
Fortunenoun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;
it was my good luck to be therethey say luck is a ladyit was as if fortune guided his handFortunenoun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
whatever my fortune may bedeserved a better fatehas a happy lotthe luck of the Irisha victim of circumstancessuccess that was her portion
