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Courage vs Womanfully - What's the difference?

courage | womanfully |

As a noun courage

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

As a verb courage

is to encourage.

As an adverb womanfully is

in a womanly, or womanful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a woman, such as warmth, and compassion, as well as courage and determination.

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

    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 ----

    womanfully

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a womanly, or womanful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a woman, such as warmth, and compassion, as well as courage and determination.
  • * From The Bertrams by , p.264
  • She manfully struggled on, however - womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.