Fortitude vs Indomitable - What's the difference?
fortitude | indomitable |
Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
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* 1906 , , The Mirror of the Sea , ch. 21:
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(archaic) Physical strength.
* 1604 , , Othello , act 1, sc. 3:
Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
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* 1910 , , A Shepherd's Life , ch. 7:
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As a noun fortitude
is mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.As an adjective indomitable is
incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.fortitude
English
Noun
(en noun)- . . . I am able now, methinks,
- Out of a fortitude of soul I feel,
- To endure more miseries.
- I shall soon have need for all my fortitude , as I am on the point of separation from my own daughter.
- She may be saved by your efforts, by your resource and fortitude bearing up against the heavy weight of guilt and failure.
The Strategist," Time :
- Mitt Romney . . . charges that Obama is an appeaser who apologizes for America, lacks fortitude and is "tentative, indecisive, timid and nuanced."
- DUKE OF VENICE: The Turk with a most mighty preparation makes for
- Cyprus. Othello, the fortitude of the place is best
- known to you.
Synonyms
* (mental or emotional strength) inner strength, moxie, resolveindomitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.
- But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
When Betty Got Frank," Time , 31 March:
- Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable , unstoppable.