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Bravery vs Austerity - What's the difference?

bravery | austerity |

As nouns the difference between bravery and austerity

is that bravery is (usually|uncountable) being brave, courageousness while austerity is severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

bravery

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (usually, uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
  • (countable) A brave act.
  • Synonyms

    * (being brave) bravehood, braveness, courageousness, fearlessness; courage, pluck, valor; see also

    austerity

    English

    Noun

  • Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
  • Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
  • (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment."}}
  • (obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
  • Antonyms

    * (severity of manners or life) comfort

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