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Hardened vs Brawny - What's the difference?

hardened | brawny |

As adjectives the difference between hardened and brawny

is that hardened is unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous while brawny is characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

As a verb hardened

is (harden).

hardened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (harden)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
  • :* The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

    • Anagrams

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    brawny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
    • Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down}}
  • Calloused; hardened.

    • Derived terms

    * brawniness