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Overpowering vs Daring - What's the difference?

overpowering | daring |

As verbs the difference between overpowering and daring

is that overpowering is while daring is .

As adjectives the difference between overpowering and daring

is that overpowering is that overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming while daring is adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.

As a noun daring is

boldness.

overpowering

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}

    daring

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
  • Courageous, or showing bravery.
  • Synonyms

    * (adventurous) audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome * (courageous) See

    Derived terms

    * daringly * daringness

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Boldness
  • Synonyms

    * boldness; see also

    Anagrams

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