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Embolden vs Bolded - What's the difference?

embolden | bolded |

As verbs the difference between embolden and bolded

is that embolden is to render (someone) bolder or more courageous while bolded is past participle of lang=en.

embolden

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To render (someone) bolder or more courageous.
  • To encourage, inspire, or motivate.
  • (typography) To format text in boldface.
  • * 2004 : Jason Whittaker, The Cyberspace Handbook , p216
  • The tags

    indicate paragraphs breaks, and we have included some basic text formatting: for emphasis (typically italics), for underline and to embolden text.

    Synonyms

    * (typography) boldface

    References

    bolded

    English

    Verb

    (head)