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Boldness vs Backbone - What's the difference?

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Boldness is a related term of backbone.


As nouns the difference between boldness and backbone

is that boldness is the state of being bold; courage while backbone is the series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

boldness

English

(wikipedia boldness)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being bold; courage.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)
  • presumptuousness
  • (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    backbone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
  • any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure
    • Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.
  • courage, fortitude, or strength
    • He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone .

    Synonyms

    * spine * spinal column * vertebral column * See also