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Boldness vs Hirsute - What's the difference?

boldness | hirsute |

As a noun boldness

is the state of being bold; courage.

As an adjective hirsute is

covered in hair or bristles; hairy.

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

    hirsute

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
  • Usage notes

    Considerably more formal than everyday hairy.

    Synonyms

    * hairy
    Antonyms
    * glabrous

    Derived terms

    * hirsutely * hirsuteness * hirsutic acid * hirsutism