different between perplexity vs misfortune
perplexity
English
Etymology
perplex +? -ity, from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitas ‘entanglement’, from perplexus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??pl?ks?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???pl?ks?di/
Noun
perplexity (countable and uncountable, plural perplexities)
- The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
- Something that perplexes.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Translations
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misfortune
English
Etymology
mis- +? fortune
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m?s?f??t??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?s?f??t?u?n/
Noun
misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)
- (uncountable) Bad luck.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
- The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
- She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
Synonyms
- (bad luck): mishap, misluck, mischance, ill luck, hard luck, tough luck, luckless
- (undesirable event): adversity, nakba
Antonyms
- (bad luck): luck, good luck, fortune, good fortune
- (undesirable event): fortuity
Related terms
- misfortunate
Translations
Anagrams
- uniformest
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