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Boldfaced vs Baldfaced - What's the difference?

boldfaced | baldfaced |

As adjectives the difference between boldfaced and baldfaced

is that boldfaced is impudent, brazen while baldfaced is (of an animal) having white markings on the face.

As a verb boldfaced

is (boldface) (to print or write in a bold manner).

boldfaced

English

Alternative forms

* bold-faced

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impudent, brazen.
    • He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
  • (typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
    • (wikipedia boldfaced)

    Synonyms

    * bold, boldface * (typography) heavy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (boldface) (to print or write in a bold manner)
    • He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.

    baldfaced

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bald-faced

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of an animal) having white markings on the face.
  • shameless and undisguised; barefaced