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Courage vs Vindicate - What's the difference?

courage | vindicate |

In obsolete terms the difference between courage and vindicate

is that courage is to encourage while vindicate is to avenge; to punish.

As a noun courage

is the quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

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 ----

    vindicate

    English

    Verb

  • To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
    • to vindicate someone's honor
  • To justify by providing evidence.
    • to vindicate a right, claim or title
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention.}}
  • To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
    • to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
  • To provide justification for.
    • The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
  • To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  • (obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  • (obsolete) To avenge; to punish
    • A war to vindicate infidelity.

    Related terms

    * vindication * vindicator * vindictive