Dangerous vs Daring - What's the difference?
dangerous | daring | Related terms |
Full of danger.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:If they incline to think you dangerous / To less than gods
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
(lb) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; / My lord to me is hard and dangerous .
(lb) Reserved; not affable.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:Of his speech dangerous
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
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, chapter=1 Courageous, or showing bravery.
Boldness
Dangerous is a related term of daring.
As adjectives the difference between dangerous and daring
is that dangerous is full of danger while daring is adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.As a verb daring is
.As a noun daring is
boldness.dangerous
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Forby. Bartlett.
Synonyms
(full of danger) * hazardous * perilous * risky * unsafe * See alsoAntonyms
* (full of danger) safeAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsdaring
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
