Providence vs. Destiny — What's the Difference?

Care or preparation in advance; foresight.

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

Prudent management; economy.

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

The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction

The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.

Providence God.

A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control

Preparation for the future; good governance, foresight.

The power or agency thought to predetermine events

The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature etc.).

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

A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.

That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality.

One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

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.

Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.

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

Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.

An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

The capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University

The ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman);

The guardianship and control exercised by a deity;

Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

A manifestation of God's foresightful care for His creatures

The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources