Courage vs Hardiness - What's the difference?
courage | hardiness | Synonyms |
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 state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.
(obsolete) hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance
* Shakespeare, Cymbeline
* Clarendon
(obsolete) hardship; fatigue
Courage is a synonym of hardiness.
As nouns the difference between courage and hardiness
is that courage is courage while hardiness is the state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.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 ----hardiness
English
Noun
- Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever / Of hardiness is mother.
- They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king.
- (Spenser)