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Emboldened vs Empowered - What's the difference?

emboldened | empowered |

As adjectives the difference between emboldened and empowered

is that emboldened is having been made bold while empowered is having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.

As verbs the difference between emboldened and empowered

is that emboldened is past tense of embolden while empowered is past tense of empower.

emboldened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having been made bold.
    • They were emboldened by their great feat.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embolden)

    • empowered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
  • (US) Acting with confidence.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (empower)