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Misfortune vs Unfortunately - What's the difference?

misfortune | unfortunately |

As a noun misfortune

is bad luck.

As an adverb unfortunately is

happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.

misfortune

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) bad luck
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
    • Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune .
    The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
    It was my fortune, or misfortune , to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
  • (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
  • * 1839 , Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle. , Chapter X
    • The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune , happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
    She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes .

    Related terms

    * misfortunate

    unfortunately

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
  • *
    • Unfortunately , the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.

    Synonyms

    * (through bad luck) regrettably, unluckily, sadly, sad to say

    Antonyms

    * (through bad luck) fortunately, luckily