Courage vs Attitude - What's the difference?
courage | attitude |
The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
(label) To encourage.
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*:And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo
*(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
*:Paul writeth unto Timothyto courage him.
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
Disposition or state of mind.
(uncountable, countable) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
(aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
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(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
* 2007 , Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach ,
To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
* 1823 , Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad , Volume 1,
* 1837 , William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine , Volume 1,
* 1971 , , Advances in Astronautical Sciences , Volume 29, Part 2,
To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
* 2002 , Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter ,
* 2008 , Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel ,
* 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later ,
As nouns the difference between courage and attitude
is that courage is courage while attitude is .courage
English
Noun
(-)- "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." —
- It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
- "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." —
- He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* courageous * discourage * encourageVerb
(courag)See also
* fearlessness * bield English abstract nouns ----attitude
English
Noun
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude
- ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
- Don't give me your attitude .
- You've got some attitude , girl !
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
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- Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère , and the comic dancer.
Synonyms
* stance * (position of vehicle etc) trim, orientationDerived terms
() * attitude-y * attitudinal * dickitude * tudeVerb
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- Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in
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- The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
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- He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
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- The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
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- I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.
