✅ Luck refers to success as a matter of chance (I have good luck with scratch tickets).
✅ Fortune refers to luck or chance, especially when it influences the course of your life (She had the good fortune to find a cheap house in a walkable neighborhood).
✅ Fortune generally suggests larger successes or failures that can influence major events in your life (We had bad luck with the clementines this week: they’re really bitter; Bad fortune had followed him for years).
✅ When used to refer to smaller successes or failures, or to suggest a run of good or bad luck, fortune can sound a bit formal or old-fashioned.
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✅ Talk means to express something in words, generally aloud. However, you can also talk in writing (The author talked about the influence of her parents at length in the book).
✅ Articulate can mean to make very clear sounds when speaking, or it can mean to express a sentiment or argument in a way that is easy to understand (The post articulated nicely what I’ve been trying to get across).
✅ Articulate is more specific than talk. Articulate often refers to expressing something that is more difficult to explain or verbalize (The lecturer talked about fashion; The lecturer articulated the problems with the fashion industry).
We hope this articulated the differences for you! Now, here are more synonyms!
✅ Deceive means to mislead someone or be dishonest, generally though not always intentionally (In the low light, their eyes deceived them).
✅ Betray means to be disloyal to someone, especially by violating their trust or confidence (The spy betrayed their country).
✅ Deceive specifically suggests lying to someone or misleading them (I deceived him in order to keep the surprise party a secret), whereas betray suggests going against their best interests, or being unfaithful or disloyal (You betrayed me by getting lunch from our rival coffee shop).
✅ You can betray someone by deceiving them, but you don’t have to deceive someone in order to betray them.
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