The difference between Fatal and Mortal
When used as nouns, fatal means a fatality, whereas mortal means a human.
When used as adjectives, fatal means proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny, whereas mortal means susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound.
Mortal is also adverb with the meaning: mortally.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fatal and Mortal
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Fatal as an adjective:
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
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Fatal as an adjective:
Foreboding death or great disaster.
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Fatal as an adjective:
Causing death or destruction.
Examples:
"a fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; nowrap a fatal mistake"
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Fatal as an adjective (computing):
Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
Examples:
"a fatal error; a fatal [[exception]]"
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Fatal as a noun:
A fatality; an event that leads to death.
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Fatal as a noun (computing):
A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
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Mortal as an adjective:
Punishable by death.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Fatally vulnerable.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Of or relating to the time of death.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Human; belonging to man, who is mortal.
Examples:
"mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power"
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Mortal as an adjective:
Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
Examples:
"a sermon lasting two mortal hours"
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Mortal as an adjective (UK, slang):
Very drunk; wasted; smashed.
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Mortal as a noun:
A human; someone susceptible to death.
Examples:
"Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal."
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Mortal as an adverb (colloquial):
Mortally; enough to cause death.
Examples:
"It's mortal cold out there."