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Courage vs Endurance - What's the difference?

courage | endurance |

As nouns the difference between courage and endurance

is that courage is the quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate while endurance is the measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

As a verb courage

is to encourage.

courage

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
    • "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.
  • The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
    • "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 also

    Derived terms

    * courageous * discourage * encourage

    Related terms

    * cardiac

    Verb

    (courag)
  • (label) To encourage.
  • *:
  • *: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.

    • See also

    * fearlessness * bield English abstract nouns ----

    endurance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (all obsolete)

    Noun

  • The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
    • He has great endurance , he ran a marathon and then rode his bicycle home.
  • Ability to endure hardship.