Fate and Passing

Fate

Fate noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: he met his fate in a tragic highway accident

Passing and fate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead a noun "Fate".

Nearby Words: fated, fateful

Passing

Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside

Fate and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fate" instead a noun "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

How words are described

true true fate true passing
actual actual fate actual passing
untimely untimely fate untimely passing
unfortunate unfortunate fate unfortunate passing
Other adjectives: sad, tragic, supposed, ultimate, later, inevitable, eventual, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Tenchi Muyo! GXP Tempting fate, he takes a shortcut by the home of Tenchi Masaki, whom he admires and respects — just in time to be knocked in the lake by a passing spaceship.
  • Fate Worse Than Death: Esmelle was beheaded and her body trapped in the figurehead of Brule's ship, preventing her ghost from passing into the next life.
  • Video Game / King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Uniquely, if he dies in the Land of the Dead after passing the doors that lead to the River Styx, he suffers a fate worse than death, as he simply ceases to exist.
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