Fortitude vs Magnanimity - What's the difference?
fortitude | magnanimity |
Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
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(archaic) Physical strength.
* 1604 , , Othello , act 1, sc. 3:
The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.
That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between fortitude and magnanimity
is that fortitude is mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity while magnanimity is the quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.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.