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Daunting vs Heartening - What's the difference?

daunting | heartening |

As verbs the difference between daunting and heartening

is that daunting is while heartening is .

As adjectives the difference between daunting and heartening

is that daunting is discouraging, inspiring fear while heartening is cheerfully encouraging.

daunting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • discouraging, inspiring fear
  • overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive

    • Related terms

    * dauntingly * dauntless

    heartening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cheerfully encouraging

    • Antonyms

    * disheartening