Difference between Fortunate and Hopeful

FORTUNATE vs HOPEFUL: NOUN

An ambitious and aspiring young person
A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate.
A more or less wilful, troublesome, or incorrigible boy or girl, regarded ironically as the rising hope of the family.
Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.

Having unexpected good fortune; lucky.
Bringing something good and unforeseen; auspicious.
Supremely favored or fortunate
Presaging good fortune
Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious
Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.
Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
Presaging happiness.
Auspicious.
Supremely favored
Having unexpected good fortune
Lucky, favored by fortune.

Synonyms Felicitous, Lucky, etc. (See happy.) Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous, favored. Fortunate implies the attainment of success more by the operation of favorable circumstances, or through accident, than by direct effort; successful denotes that effective effort has been made; prosperous has nearly the same meaning as successful, but does not at all emphasize the effort made, and applies rather to a series of things than to a single event. We say a fortunate gambler, a successful merchant, a prosperous line of business.
Bringing or presaging good fortune; resulting favorably, as something uncertain; having a happy issue; auspicious; felicitous: as, a fortunate speculation; a fortunate accident.
Having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky.
To make fortunate; prosper.

Full of hope; having desire with expectation of its fulfilment.
Having qualities which excite hope; promising advantage or success: as, a hopeful prospect: often used ironically.
Synonyms Confident, sanguine, buoyant, enthusiastic.
Likely to turn out well in the future

Favored, Rosy, Golden, Felicitous, Miraculous, Auspicious, Providential, Well, Blest, Hopeful, Fortuitous, Good, Happy, Blessed, Lucky

Hope, Confident, Optimistic, Would be, Anticipant, Anticipative, Wannabee, Wannabe, Aspirant, Aspiring, Auspicious, Expectant, Wishful, Rosy, Fortunate

Favored, Rosy, Golden, Felicitous, Miraculous, Auspicious, Providential, Well, Blest, Hopeful, Fortuitous, Good, Happy, Blessed, Lucky

Hope, Confident, Optimistic, Would be, Anticipant, Anticipative, Wannabee, Wannabe, Aspirant, Aspiring, Auspicious, Expectant, Wishful, Rosy, Fortunate

We are very fortunate in our Water Department.
We were fortunate to detect it at all.
According to his file, some were less fortunate.
What a fortunate child art thou, little Margery!
We are so fortunate that it was Dr.
Helping others less fortunate and leading by example.
Hi my name is sam, and I fortunate.
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Demonstrate the lower and i am not obligated to give to less fortunate are people are truly tithe to catch the fortunate?
Michael was so fortunate to have such a great family, and you were fortunate to have him in your lives.

The situation in Kosovo was slightly more hopeful.
Democratic presidential hopeful has been asked to prom.
However, it has happened to some hopeful homebuyers.
During his ordeal, Frankie, kept hopeful and prayerful.
But the crisis has also produced hopeful engagements.
Some are excited and hopeful about this change.
Welcome the new year on a hopeful note.
And there was a moment when I felt hopeful and the country felt hopeful, I think, for a very brief moment.
Though Paul experienced much, much more than his share of suffering, he never lost hope but instead, anticipated hopeful outcomes and a hopeful destination.
Not hopeful at all, slightly hopeful, moderately hopeful, very hopeful, or extremely hopeful?