Enthusiasm vs Boldness - What's the difference?
enthusiasm | boldness | Related terms |
(obsolete, or, historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
* 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , ch. 1
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
* 1968 , Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
* 2012 , Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (page 23)
The state of being bold; courage.
* Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
presumptuousness
(typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Enthusiasm is a related term of boldness.
As nouns the difference between enthusiasm and boldness
is that enthusiasm is (obsolete|or|historical) possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy while boldness is the state of being bold; courage.enthusiasm
English
(wikipedia enthusiasm)Noun
- The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm ’, of union with the god.
- My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.
- Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits;
boldness
English
(wikipedia boldness)Noun
(en-noun)- Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)
