Rash vs Brave - What's the difference?

rash | brave |

As a proper noun rash

is .

As a verb brave is

rash

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rash, .

Adjective

(er)

Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

rash words spoken in the heat of debate

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

(obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

* Shakespeare

I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash .

(obsolete) Fast-acting.

* Shakespeare

Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.

Synonyms

(checksyns) * brash * heady * hotheaded * impulsive * inconsiderate * precipitate

Derived terms

* rashness

Noun

(rashes)

(symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.

A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend

There has been a rash of vandalism lately.

Synonyms

(A surge in problems) epidemic

Derived terms

* canker rash * diaper rash * heat rash * hiker’s rash * nappy rash * nettle rash * rashguard * rashie * rash vest * reef rash * rose rash * tooth rash

Verb

(obsolete) To prepare with haste.

(Foxe)

Etymology 2

Compare (etyl) , (etyl) Rasch, probably from Arras in France.

Noun

(-)

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

(John Donne)

Etymology 3

For arace

Verb

(es)

To pull off or pluck violently.

To slash; to hack; to slice.

* Spenser

rashing of helms and riving plates asunder

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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 ----