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Lenient vs Daring - What's the difference?

lenient | daring |

As adjectives the difference between lenient and daring

is that lenient is lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict while daring is adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.

As nouns the difference between lenient and daring

is that lenient is (medicine) a lenitive; an emollient while daring is boldness.

As a verb daring is

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lenient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
  • The standard is fairly lenient , so use your discretion.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
  • But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.

    Synonyms

    * lax, permissive

    Antonyms

    * strict * severe * stringent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
  • daring

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
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  • Courageous, or showing bravery.
  • Synonyms

    * (adventurous) audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome * (courageous) See

    Derived terms

    * daringly * daringness

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Boldness
  • Synonyms

    * boldness; see also

    Anagrams

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