Hardy vs Muscular - What's the difference?
hardy | muscular |
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)
Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
* 1912 , , A Princess of Mars , chapter 2
Brawny, thewy, having strength.
* 1843 , , Stave Two
Having large, well-developed muscles.
(figurative) Strong, robust.
* 2014 June 9, Samanth Subramanian, "
As adjectives the difference between hardy and muscular
is that hardy is having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost while muscular is of, relating to, or connected with muscles.As a noun hardy
is a blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the {{term|hardy hole}}.As a proper noun Hardy
is {{surname|common|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a hardy person.hardy
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* robust * rugged * strongDerived terms
* cold hardyNoun
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*muscular
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(en adjective)- It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular , for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.
- The arms were very long and muscular ; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength.
India After English?" (blog post), nybooks.com:
- Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that Modi was able to earn.