Luck vs. Luckiness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Luck and Luckiness
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Definitions
Luck➦
Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events. The naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen all the time, both due to random and non-random natural and artificial processes, and that even improbable events can happen by random chance.
Luckiness➦
Having or attended by good luck.
Luck➦
Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions
They're supposed to bring good luck
It was just luck that the first kick went in
Luckiness➦
Believed to bring good luck
Hoped to draw a lucky number.
Luck➦
Chance to find or acquire
He lucked into a disc-jockey job
Luckiness➦
The property of being lucky; good luck.
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Luck➦
The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; fortune
They met one day out of pure luck.
Luckiness➦
The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.
Luck➦
Good fortune or prosperity; success
We wish you luck.
Luckiness➦
Good fortune; favorable issue or event.
Luck➦
One's personal fate or lot
It was just my luck to win a trip I couldn't take.
Luck➦
To gain success or something desirable by chance
Lucked into a good apartment.
Lucked out in finding that rare book.
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Luck➦
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
The raffle is just a matter of luck.
Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
Luck➦
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
He blew on the dice for luck.
I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
Luck➦
Success.
I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.
He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.
Luck➦
The results of a random number generator.
Luck➦
To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.
Luck➦
That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used by itself to mean good luck; as, luck is better than skill; a stroke of luck.
If thou dost play with him at any game,Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck,He beats thee 'gainst the odds.
Luck➦
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
Whatever my fortune may be
Deserved a better fate
Has a happy lot
The luck of the Irish
A victim of circumstances
Success that was her portion
Luck➦
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;
Bad luck caused his downfall
We ran into each other by pure chance
Luck➦
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome;
It was my good luck to be there
They say luck is a lady
It was as if fortune guided his hand
