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Cowardice vs Craven - What's the difference?

cowardice | craven |

As nouns the difference between cowardice and craven

is that cowardice is lack of courage while craven is a coward.

As an adjective craven is

unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

As a verb craven is

to make craven.

As a proper noun Craven is

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cowardice

English

(wikipedia cowardice)

Noun

  • Lack of courage.

    • Synonyms

    * cowardliness

    Related terms

    * coward * cowardly

    craven

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The poor craven bridegroom said never a word.

    Derived terms

    * cry craven

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coward.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He is a craven and a villain else.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make .
  • * 1609 : , Act III, Scene IV
    • There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand.

    References

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    Anagrams

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