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Surmount vs Unflinching - What's the difference?

surmount | unflinching |

As a verb surmount

is to get over; to overcome.

As an adjective unflinching is

without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast.

surmount

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to get over; to overcome
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
    • this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art

    Related terms

    * surmountable * insurmountable

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    unflinching

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast
  • *1837 , , An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism , page 126
  • *:Can an honest, upright and Christian man, go into these conflicts, and with unflinching firmness stand up for all that is good, and oppose all that is evil, in whatever party it may be found, without a measure of moral courage such as few can command?

    • Derived terms

    * unflinchingly * unflinchingness