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Stalwart vs Audacious - What's the difference?

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Stalwart is a related term of audacious.


As adjectives the difference between stalwart and audacious

is that stalwart is firmly built while audacious is showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

As a noun stalwart

is one who has a strong build.

stalwart

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Firmly built.
  • * 2002 November 10, Aaron Ehasz, “Crimes of the Hot”, Futurama , season 5, episode 1, Fox Broadcasting Company
  • Morbo: Direct your attention now to the African turtles seen here migrating.... Morbo wishes these stalwart nomads peace
  • * 1912 ,
  • The driver was a stalwart woman who sat at ease in the front seat and drove her car bareheaded. She left a cloud of dust and a trail of gasoline behind her.
  • Courageous.
  • Synonyms

    * (firmly built) firm, resilient, stout, strong, robust * (courageous) brave, bold, courageous, daring, valiant

    Antonyms

    * (firmly built) feeble, flimsy, soft, weak * (bold) cowardly, gutless (informal), spineless

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who has a strong build
  • one who firmly supports a cause
  • audacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
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  • Impudent.
  • Synonyms

    * (willing to take bold risks) bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious

    Antonyms

    * (willing to take bold risks) shy, cautious, prudent

    Derived terms

    () * audaciously * audaciousness