Destiny vs. Fate

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  • Destiny

    Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin fatum – destiny), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.

  • Fate

    Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin fatum – destiny), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.

Wikipedia
  • Destiny (noun)

    That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will

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  • Destiny (noun)

    The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

    “fate”

  • Fate (noun)

    The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

  • Fate (noun)

    The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.

  • Fate (noun)

    Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.

    “Accept your fate.”

  • Fate (noun)

    alternative case form of Fate|nodot=1(one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).

  • Fate (verb)

    To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

    “The oracle’s prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.”

Wiktionary
  • Destiny (noun)

    the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future

    “she was unable to control her own destiny”

  • Destiny (noun)

    the hidden power believed to control future events; fate

    “he believed in destiny”

Oxford Dictionary

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