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Boldness vs Doggedness - What's the difference?

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Boldness is a related term of doggedness.


As nouns the difference between boldness and doggedness

is that boldness is the state of being bold; courage while doggedness is the state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.

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

    doggedness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness
  • *1919 , ,
  • *:At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
  • (obsolete) sullenness; moroseness
  • Synonyms

    *tenacity * See also

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