Outgoing vs Brave - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between outgoing and brave

is that outgoing is comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious while brave is strong in the face of fear; courageous.

As nouns the difference between outgoing and brave

is that outgoing is the act of leaving or going out; exit, departure while brave is a Native American warrior.

As verbs the difference between outgoing and brave

is that outgoing is present participle of lang=en while brave is to encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.

outgoing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.

Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.

* 2003 , Bernardo J. Carducci, Lisa Kaiser, The Shyness Breakthrough , page 124,

Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids.

* 1996 , Stanley I. Greenspan, Jacqueline Salmon, The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children , page 308,

The outgoing former leader may have difficulty slowing down, being reflective, and studying and may be insensitive in a close relationship.

* 2006 , Direct Selling Women's Alliance, More Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts , page 264,

Think of it this way: Some people are more outgoing , while others are more reserved.

* 2010 , Ruth Ames, This Totally Bites! , back cover,

Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents.

(not comparable) Going out, on its way out.

Is there any outgoing post?

* 1917 August 27, ,

In the neighborhood of each defensive sea area the following entrances are designated for incoming and outgoing' vessels: ''Atlantic''. Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: Canal prism.

* 1922 , ', Volume I, Part III,

There is struggle for food, accentuated by the fact that small items tend to be swept away by the outgoing tide or to sink down the slope to deep water.

* 1946 , , Chapter 26,

By KRIYA, the outgoing life force is not wasted and abused in the senses, but constrained to reunite with subtler spinal energies.

(not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).

The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.

* 1893 , ,

that, by an arrangement between the outgoing' and incoming marshal, the latter was to have the fees earned upon all writs in the hands of the deputies of the former at the date the office changed hands. It further appeared that the ' outgoing marshal made no claim to these fees.

* 1957 , ,

The outgoing Board of Governors shall designate for membership on the Board the ten members most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials,

* 1998 , ,

As of this day too, the Seventh Development Cabinet is outgoing and to the ministers I express my thanks.

Antonyms

* incoming

Derived terms

* outgoingly * outgoingness

Noun

(en noun)
The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.

* Bible, Psalms lxv. 8

the outgoings of the morning and evening

* Jonathan Edwards

(chiefly, in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense

The extreme limit; the place of ending.

* Bible, Josh, xviii. 19

The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.

Synonyms

* outgang

Verb

(head)

Anagrams

brave
English

Adjective
(er)
Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

*1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), Chapter 21:

*:Do not fret, dear. You must be brave and strong, and help me through the horrible task. If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help.

*1987 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :

*:he has been so brave , giving it all a dignity.

(label) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.

*(Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)

*:It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.

Making a fine show or display.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Wear my dagger with the braver grace.

* (1558-1592)

*:For I have gold, and therefore will be brave . / In silks I'll rattle it of every color.

*(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)

*:Frog and lizard in holiday coats / And turtle brave in his golden spots.

*

*:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Synonyms
* (courageous) doughty, orped, resilient, stalwart. See also
Antonyms
* (courageous) cowardly, fearful, mean, weak
Noun
(en noun)
A Native American warrior.

A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

* Dryden

Hot braves like thee may fight.

A challenge; a defiance; bravado.

* Shakespeare

Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves .

Verb

To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

These I can brave , but those I can not bear.

* 1773 , A Farmer, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer , Number 53, December 2

but they [Parliament] never will be braved into it.

After braving''' tricks on the high-dive, he '''braved a jump off the first diving platform.

(obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

* (rfdate), Shakespeare

Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.

Derived terms
* bravely * bravery * bravure 1000 English basic words ----