Daredevil vs Cower - What's the difference?
daredevil | cower |
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention.
Recklessly bold; adventurous.
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
As a noun daredevil
is a person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention.As an adjective daredevil
is recklessly bold; adventurous.As a verb cower is
{{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.daredevil
English
Noun
(en noun)- Even as a youngster, Steven was a bit of a daredevil riding up homemade wooden ramps on his BMX.
Synonyms
* adrenaline junkie, adventurer, thrill seekerAdjective
(en adjective)- The climatic scene of ''Rebel without a Cause'' is the group of very daredevil teens playing chicken.
cower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.
