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Audaciousness vs Effrontery - What's the difference?

audaciousness | effrontery |

As nouns the difference between audaciousness and effrontery

is that audaciousness is risky or daring behaviour while effrontery is (uncountable) insolent and shameless audacity.

audaciousness

English

Noun

  • Risky or daring behaviour.
  • impudence

    • Synonyms

    * audacity

    Related terms

    * audacious

    effrontery

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
    • We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
  • (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
    • Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "effrontery")

    References

    * 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572 * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988 *