What is the difference between audacity and courageous?
audacity | courageous |
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
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Fearlessness, intrepid daring.
Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
Of an action, that requires courage.
As a noun audacity
is insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.As an adjective courageous is
of a person, displaying or possessing courage.audacity
English
Noun
(audacities)- The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
- Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.
Synonyms
* (insolent boldness) audaciousness, outdaciousness, temerityExternal links
* * *courageous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- the most courageous man I have ever met
- a courageous deed