2020-09-21
1130-3 ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสน ชุด F – Fatal & fateful
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง “FATAL” = ‘FEYT-l
ออกเสียง FATEFUL” = ‘FEYT-fuhl’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR FATAL
Fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal
apply to something that has caused or is capable ofcausing death.
Fatal may refer to either the future or the past; in either case, it emphasizes inevitability and the inescapable
—the disastrous, whether death or dire misfortune: The accident was fatal. Such a mistake would be fatal.
Deadly looks to the future, and suggests that which is likely to cause death (though not inevitably so): a deadly poison, disease.
Like deadly, lethal looks to the future but, like many other words of Latin origin, suggests a more technical usage: a lethal dose; a gas that is lethal.
Mortal looks to the past and refers to death that has actually occurred:
He What does fatal mean?
Fatal literally means deadly—capable ofcausing death.
Similar words are deadly, lethal, and mortal—though they are often used in different ways.
Fatal can also be used ina figurative way to mean capable of causing the destruction, ruin, or failure of someone or something,
as in Failing to update their products proved to be a fatal mistake for the company.
Example: These changes will hopefully greatly reduce the number of fatal car accidents that occur on highways.
received a mortal wound. The disease proved to be mortal.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for fatal
mean causing or capable of causing death.
DEADLY applies to an established or very likely cause of death. a deadly disease
MORTAL implies that death has occurred or is inevitable. a mortal wound
FATAL stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction. fatal consequences
LETHAL applies to something that is bound to cause death or exists for the destruction of life. lethal gas
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary
A “fatal” event is a deadly one; a “fateful” one is determined by fate.
If there are no casualties left lying at the scene—whether mangled corpses or failed negotiations—the word you are seeking is “fateful.”
The latter word also has many positive uses, such as “George fondly remembered that fateful night in which he first met the woman he was to love to his dying day.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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mean having a menacing or threatening aspect.
OMINOUS implies having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster. ominous rumblings from the volcano
PORTENTOUS suggests being frighteningly big or impressive but now seldom definitely connotes forewarning of calamity. an eerie and portentous stillness
FATEFUL suggests being of momentous or decisive importance. the fateful conference that led to war
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Usage Notes
‘Fatal’ vs. ‘Fateful’
Fatal and fateful: they looksimilar, sound similar, and appear in similar contexts. Those who give advice on such matters will lay out clear boundaries between the two for you to observe, but we’re here to tell you it’s murkier than most of them would like to admit. So be careful where you step.
The most common meaning of 'fateful' is"involving momentous consequences; portentous"—a sense often shared with 'fatal.'
Fatal is the original adjective for fate, and it can carry the usual simple relational sense: the Fates are "the fatal sisters."
These days, however, fatal most often is used to mean "causing death,"
as in "a fatal accident" or "a fatal wound."
The word is also frequently used with meanings that are an extension of this use, where it is destruction or ruin—a hair or more short of a death-dealing variety—that is the dreaded result.
For example, in "a fatal attraction to gambling," the attraction is one that brings financial ruin rather than death; in "a fatal design flaw," the design flaw is so major that it causes the design to fail. In any case, the situation with fatal is bad.
All clear so far, right? Well, here's where we introduce the first bit of murk: fateful has also historically been used in this “causing ruin or destruction” sense:
This is not a common function of fateful, though, so don’t let it be too worrisome. There’s worse murk ahead.
Back to fatal: those of us who use the word are likely quite comfortable with it being used to describe wounds, attractions, flaws, and the like.
What might make us less comfortable, however, is using it to mean "involving momentous consequences; portentous," as in “a fatal decision.”
This murkiness doesn’t mean that the boundariesbetween fatal and fateful are indistinguishableexactly. It simply means that the evidence shows that the boundaries are shared in some places.
If you’d like to follow the patterns of use most often employed by your fellow English speakers, we recommend that you use fatal when describing things that cause death, ruin, or failure, or when describing things related to fate as in “destiny,” and that you use fateful when describing ominous things that signal that something big or important is about to happen. But if you choose to do otherwise, it won't be a fatal decision.
