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Valour vs Boldness - What's the difference?

valour | boldness |

As nouns the difference between valour and boldness

is that valour is value; worth while boldness is the state of being bold; courage.

valour

English

Alternative forms

* valor

Noun

(-)
  • Value; worth.
  • Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
  • (dated) A brave man; a man of valour.

    • Related terms

    * valiant

    Anagrams

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    boldness

    English

    (wikipedia boldness)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being bold; courage.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)
  • presumptuousness
  • (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

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