Wealth vs. Fortune

Wealth vs. Fortune — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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 intelligence

Fortunenoun

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.

Wealthnoun

the quality of profuse abundance;

she has a wealth of talent

Fortunenoun

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.
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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 chance

Fortunenoun

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 hand

Fortunenoun

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