What is the difference between "fate" and "fait accompli"? [closed]

Solution 1:

Apart from the fact that 'fate' and 'fait' sound similar, 'fate' and 'fait accompli' have nothing in common. They mean different things.

fate noun UK ​ /feɪt/ US ​ /feɪt/ ​ B2 [ C usually singular ] what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat:

We want to decide our own fate. His fate is now in the hands of the jury. The disciples were terrified that they would suffer/meet the same fate as Jesus. ​ B2 [ U ] a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen:

When we met again by chance in Cairo, I felt it must be fate. Fate has brought us together.

Cambridge Dictionary

'Fait accompli' is a French phrase meaning an 'accomplished fact', one which leaves no room for argument. If my wife and I decide to buy a car, and I want a Honda, but she wants a Toyota, I might seek to win the argument by buying the Honda and presenting that fact to her as a fait accompli.

fait accompli noun [ C ] UK ​ /ˌfet ə.kɒmˈpliː/ US ​ /ˌfeɪt ə.kɑːmˈpliː/ plural faits accomplis ​ something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed:

The policy change was presented to us as a fait accompli, without consultation or discussion.

Cambridge Dictionary