Hardy vs Fortitude - What's the difference?
hardy | fortitude |
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the (hardy hole).
(Webster 1913)
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:
As a proper noun hardy
is , originally a nickname for a hardy person.As a noun fortitude is
mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.hardy
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Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* robust * rugged * strongDerived terms
* cold hardyNoun
(hardies)Anagrams
*fortitude
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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.