Destined vs. Predestined

Destinedadjective

Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain.

‘He is sure he is destined for fame.’;

Predestinedverb

simple past tense and past participle of predestine

Destinedverb

simple past tense and past participle of destine

Predestinedadjective

established or prearranged unalterably;

‘his place in history was foreordained’; ‘a sense of predestinate inevitability about it’; ‘it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world’;

Destinedadjective

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';

‘children bound for school’; ‘a flight destined for New York’;

Destinedadjective

(usually followed by `to') governed by fate;

‘bound to happen’; ‘an old house destined to be demolished’; ‘he is destined to be famous’;