The difference between Fortune and Lot
When used as nouns, fortune means destiny, especially favorable, whereas lot means a large quantity or number.
When used as verbs, fortune means to happen, take place, whereas lot means to allot.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fortune and Lot
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Fortune as a noun:
Destiny, especially favorable.
Examples:
"She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money."
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Fortune as a noun:
A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
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Fortune as a noun:
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
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Fortune as a noun:
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
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Fortune as a noun:
Good luck.
Examples:
"'Fortune favors the brave."
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Fortune as a noun:
One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
Examples:
"He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East."
"My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous."
"Her fortune is estimated at 3 million dollars."
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Fortune as a noun:
A large amount of money.
Examples:
"That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?"
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Fortune as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To happen, take place.
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Fortune as a verb:
To provide with a fortune.
Examples:
"rfquotek Richardson"
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Fortune as a verb:
To presage; to tell the fortune of.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Lot as a noun:
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Examples:
"to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so"
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Lot as a noun:
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
Examples:
"a lot of stationery"
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Lot as a noun:
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
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Lot as a noun (informal):
A number of people taken collectively.
Examples:
"a sorry lot; a bad lot'"
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Lot as a noun:
A distinct portion or of land, usually smaller than a field.
Examples:
"a building lot in a city"
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Lot as a noun:
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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Lot as a noun:
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
Examples:
"to cast lots; to draw lots'"
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Lot as a noun:
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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Lot as a noun:
A prize in a lottery.
Examples:
"rfquotek Evelyn"
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Lot as a noun:
Allotment; lottery.
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Lot as a noun (definite, '''the lot'''):
All members of a set; everything.
Examples:
"The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot."
"If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them."
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Lot as a noun:
An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
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Lot as a verb (transitive, dated):
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
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Lot as a verb (US, informal, dated):
To count or reckon (on or upon).