Daring vs Adventurous - What's the difference?
daring | adventurous | Synonyms |
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
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Boldness
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
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Adventurous is a synonym of daring.
As adjectives the difference between daring and adventurous
is that daring is adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks while adventurous is inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.As a verb daring
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun daring
is boldness.daring
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. […]”}}
Synonyms
* (adventurous) audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome * (courageous) SeeDerived terms
* daringly * daringnessNoun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* boldness; see alsoAnagrams
* *adventurous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}