Destiny/fate

[ROBINDESBOIS]

what is the difference between fate and destiny?

[bobjenkins]

La gente puede debatir en eso todo el día, pero pienso que su destino es algo que se quiere ocurrir y es una buena cosa, mientras su "fate" puede ser malo, y yo diría decir que tiene una connotación mala a veces.

It´s my destiny to be a great man I just know it.
It´s my fate to always be poor because I have bad luck.

No sé si tiene sentido

[cuchuflí]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

what is the difference between fate and destiny?

Destiny seems to be more "elastic" when things of life could be right or wrong and vice versa. It's seems in continuous sequence and evolution. Un día moriremos

Fate, instead seems that things happens and ain't possibility be change. Es fatal como la muerte.

It's MHO

More data surely we can find them reading philosophical texts

[ROBINDESBOIS]

It´s my destiny to be a great man I just know it.
It´s my fate to always be poor because I have bad luck.

If that ´s the case, it´s simple and intersting.

[laepelba]

I also think that "destiny" is used in more of a personal way. "My destiny is...." or "His destiny is..."

Whereas, I think that "fate" is used more broadly. It can refer to a person: "Your fate is....", but I would say that when speaking of things and events, it would be more common to use the word "fate": "The fate of the wedding was tied up in the weather..."

The dictionary for both words, though, refers to an inevitable course of events.....

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

what is the difference between fate and destiny?

The spelling.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by pjt33

The spelling.

Har har.............