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Cur vs Poltroon - What's the difference?

cur | poltroon |

As nouns the difference between cur and poltroon

is that cur is heart while poltroon is an ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.

As an adjective poltroon is

cowardly.

cur

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A mongrel or inferior dog.
  • * 1919 ,
    • "You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur . You lie down on the ground and ask people to trample on you."
  • (archaic) A detestable person.

    • See also

    * bitsa, bitser * mongrel * mutt

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    poltroon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
  • * 1842 , , The Traduced: An Historical Romance? , page 266-267
    • "To gain life by means of a breach of faith and honour, were indeed to render myself the poltroon , and the villain my accusers believe me."

    Synonyms

    * (ignoble coward) craven, dastard

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cowardly.
  • * 1926 , , Seven Pillars of Wisdom
    • Accordingly, to excuse our deliberate inactivity in the north, we had to make a show of impotence, which gave them to understand that the Arabs were too poltroon to cut the line near Maan and keep it cut.

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