Intrepidity vs Hardihood - What's the difference?
intrepidity | hardihood | Related terms |
The quality of being intrepid; bravery.
*1877 , , page 11
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calumnity; intrepidness.
* 1902 , Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness :
* 1971 , John Morris Dorsey, Psychology of Emotion :
Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.
Intrepidity is a related term of hardihood.
As nouns the difference between intrepidity and hardihood
is that intrepidity is the quality of being intrepid; bravery while hardihood is unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calumnity; intrepidness.intrepidity
English
Noun
(intrepidities)- which involve the sharpest hazards to life and honour and the highest instant decisions and intrepidities of action.
Synonyms
* (bravery) boldness, braveness, bravery, fearlessness, fortitude, intrepidness, undauntedness, valourhardihood
English
Noun
(-)- Their talk, however, was the talk of sordid buccaneers: it was reckless without hardihood , greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not an atom of foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world.
- Once endured it is enjoyed as my owndom. Elsewhere I refer to this process of enduring hardship as the only possible source of hardihood .
