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Volition vs Courage - What's the difference?

volition | courage |

As nouns the difference between volition and courage

is that volition is a conscious choice or decision while courage is courage.

volition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A conscious choice or decision.
  • The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
  • Out of all the factors that can influence a person's decision, none can match the power of his or her own volition .

    courage

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
  • "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before."
    It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
  • The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
  • "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it."
    He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * courageous * discourage * encourage

    Verb

    (courag)
  • (label) To encourage.
  • *:
  • *:And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo
  • *(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
  • *:Paul writeth unto Timothyto courage him.
  • See also

    * fearlessness * bield English abstract nouns ----