Difference between Happy and Fortunate

HAPPY vs FORTUNATE: NOUN

Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination.
Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination.
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous.
Characterized by good luck. : fortunate.
Cheerful; willing.
Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy. : glad.
Marked by good fortune
Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune
Well expressed and to the point
Satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment
Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire
A collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant.
Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.
Trusting to hap or luck; improvident; easy-going.
Experiencing pleasure or joy
Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

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

Synonyms Happy, Felicitous, Fortunate, Lucky. Felicitous is now rarely used except in the sense of apt and pleasing, a sense in which happy also is used: as, a felicitous or happy combination, answer, speech. Fortunate and lucky, by their derivations, are a higher and a lower term for the prosperous turns of chance or the lot in life. Happy, though essentially the same by derivation, has a broader application; it is never altogether separated from the idea of enjoyment. See happiness.
Dexterous; ready; able.
Apt; fitting the purpose, occasion, or circumstances; opportune; felicitous: as, a happy expedient; a happy retort.
Indicative or expressive of happiness; joyful: as, the happy shouts of children; happy smiles or tears.
Affording pleasure or enjoyment; bringing or attended with good fortune, luck, or pleasure; agreeable: as, happy thoughts; a happy condition; happier times.
Being in a favorable condition or in advantageous circumstances; fortunate; secure of good; blessed.
Conscious that one's general condition of feeling is a highly satisfactory one; conscious that one feels, in general, decidedly more pleasure than pain; having a general feeling of pleasure; satisfied; pleased.
Manifesting or marked by good hap or fortune; lucky; fortuitously fortunate, favorable, or successful: as, a happy contingency or omen; a happy thought or discovery.
To make happy.

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.

Content, Felicitous, Golden, Bright, Prosperous, Blissful, Euphoric, Laughing, Joyous, Joyful, Blessed, Contented, Fortunate, Pleased, Glad

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

Content, Felicitous, Golden, Bright, Prosperous, Blissful, Euphoric, Laughing, Joyous, Joyful, Blessed, Contented, Fortunate, Pleased, Glad

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

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