different between destiny vs foredoom

English

Etymology

From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin d?stin? (English destine).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?st?ni/

Noun

destiny (plural destinies)

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

   Synonyms: fate, lot

2. That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
3. 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.

   Synonym: fate

Synonyms

• fate
• orlay

Derived terms

• date with destiny

Related terms

• destinate
• destination
• destine

Translations

See also

• doom

See also

• destination

References

• destiny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• density

English

Etymology

From fore- +? doom. Compare foredeem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??du?m/ (noun), IPA^(key): /f???du?m/ (verb)

Noun

foredoom (uncountable)

1. A doom that is predicted; destiny.

Hypernyms

• doom

Translations

Verb

foredoom (third-person singular simple present foredooms, present participle foredooming, simple past and past participle foredoomed)

1. (transitive) To predestine to a doom.

   • Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

Related terms

• foredeem

Translations