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Faint-hearted vs Retiring - What's the difference?

faint-hearted | retiring | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between faint-hearted and retiring

is that faint-hearted is lacking courage; timid while retiring is shy, introverted, liking privacy.

As a verb retiring is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun retiring is

retirement.

faint-hearted

English

Adjective

  • Lacking courage; timid

    • Related terms

    * faint of heart

    retiring

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Shy, introverted, liking privacy.
    • I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring .
  • About to retire.
    • Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • retirement
  • * Francis Bacon
    • One day of those his retirings (SIC), giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber.