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Neediness vs Courage - What's the difference?

neediness | courage |

As nouns the difference between neediness and courage

is that neediness is the characteristic of being needy while courage is courage.

neediness

English

Noun

(es)
  • The characteristic of being needy.
  • * 1982 , Julie A. Matthaei, An Economic History of Women in America: Women's Work, the Sexual Division of Labor, and the Development of Capitalism , page 247
    • The kind of family neediness experienced by homemakers differed between classes.

    courage

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
    • "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." —
    It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
  • The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
    • "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." —
    He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * courageous * discourage * encourage

    Related terms

    * cardiac

    Verb

    (courag)
  • (label) To encourage.
  • *:
  • *:And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo
  • *(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
  • *:Paul writeth unto Timothyto courage him.

    • See also

    * fearlessness * bield English abstract nouns ----