Hardy vs Indomitable - What's the difference?
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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)
Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
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Hardy is a related term of indomitable.
As a proper noun hardy
is , originally a nickname for a hardy person.As an adjective indomitable is
incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.hardy
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(er)Synonyms
* robust * rugged * strongDerived terms
* cold hardyNoun
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*indomitable
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(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.