Courage vs Determine - What's the difference?
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The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
(label) To encourage.
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*:And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo
*(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
*:Paul writeth unto Timothyto courage him.
To set the limits of.
* Bible, Acts xvii. 26
* Francis Bacon
To ascertain definitely; to figure out.
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, title= To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
* J. Edwards
* W. Black
To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to .
To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
(obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
* Shakespeare
As a noun courage
is courage.As a verb determine is
.courage
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Noun
(-)- "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." —
- It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
- "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." —
- He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* courageous * discourage * encourageVerb
(courag)See also
* fearlessness * bield English abstract nouns ----determine
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(determin)- [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
- The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
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- The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
- something divinely beautiful that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life
- Someone else's will determined me to this course.
- The court has determined the cause.
- The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
- Now, where is he that will not stay so long / Till his friend sickness hath determined me?