different between mishap vs infelicity

English

Etymology

mis- +? hap

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?shæp/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /m?s?hæp/

Noun

mishap (plural mishaps)

1. An accident, mistake, or problem.

   Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.

   • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest,

     Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!

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Verb

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

1. (archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

See Also

• Thesaurus:luck
• Thesaurus:lucky

English

Etymology

in- +? felicity, from Latin infelicitas.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?ti

Noun

infelicity (countable and uncountable, plural infelicities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being infelicitous
2. (countable) Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate

Antonyms

• (condition): felicity

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