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Unflinching vs Intrepid - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between unflinching and intrepid

is that unflinching is without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast while intrepid is fearless; bold; brave.

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

    intrepid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fearless; bold; brave.
  • :* 2000 — Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
  • :*: Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.
  • Derived terms

    * intrepidity * intrepidness * intrepidly

    See also

    * fearless * unafraid * courageous