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Humility vs Composure - What's the difference?

humility | composure |

As nouns the difference between humility and composure

is that humility is the characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior while composure is calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.

humility

English

(wikipedia humility)

Noun

  • The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

    • Usage notes

    * Commonly used to mean “modesty, lack of pride” (with respect to one’s achievements), and in formal religious contexts to refer to a transcendent egolessness.

    Synonyms

    * egolessness, humilitude, meekness, modesty, self-effacement

    Antonyms

    * pride

    Related terms

    * humble * humiliate * humiliation * humus

    External links

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    composure

    English

    Noun

  • Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.
  • * Milton
    • We seek peace and composure .
  • * I. Watts
    • When the passions are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure .
  • *
    • “Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure , in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Montenegro's early composure was shaken by that set-back and a visibly buoyed Wales nearly added a second goal when Bale broke past two defenders and fired a long-range shot that Bozovic tipped over}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1798 , author=Giacomo Casanova , title=The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt , chapter=92 citation , passage=He began to lose his composure , and made mistakes, his cards got mixed up, and his scoring was wild.}}
  • (obsolete) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
  • * Evelyn
    • Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
  • (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
  • * Woodward
    • Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
  • (obsolete) frame; make; temperament
  • * Shakespeare
    • His composure must be rare indeed / Whom these things can not blemish.
  • (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (calmness) equanimity * (calmness) See also