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Alacrity vs Moxie - What's the difference?

alacrity | moxie |

As nouns the difference between alacrity and moxie

is that alacrity is eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm while moxie is backbone, determination and fortitude.

alacrity

English

Noun

(alacrities)
  • Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
  • * 1837 , , The Pickwick Papers , ch. 12:
    • "I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity .
  • * 1922 , , The Glimpses of the Moon , ch. 24:
    • This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
  • Promptness; speed.
  • * 1849 , , "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
    • Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
  • * 1902 , , Heart of Darkness , Part 1:
    • He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity .

    Synonyms

    * (eagerness) avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness * (promptness) briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftness

    Antonyms

    * (eagerness) apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctance

    Related terms

    * alacritous

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    moxie

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • backbone, determination and fortitude
  • initiative or skill
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1971 , author=(John Updike) , title=(Rabbit Redux) , page=401 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ohnQr0ij3S8C&pg=PA401&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1zfcUPbOEILrqAHV8YDIAQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA
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    • , passage=As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already. }}
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2011-01-29 , title = (Phineas and Ferb) , episode = : The Musical! , season = 2 , number = 38 , people = (Dan Povenmire) , role = Building Engineer , at = “Aren't You a Little Young?” (song) , passage = Yes it's true! / That you seem a little young to do the things that you do, / even with all that moxie you've got. }}

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