Bet vs. Dare — What's the Difference?

Risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game

Have the courage to do something

Used to express certainty

Defy or challenge (someone) to do something

An act of betting a sum of money

Take the risk of; brave

An agreement usually between two parties that the one who has made an incorrect prediction about an uncertain outcome will forfeit something stipulated to the other; a wager

A challenge, especially to prove courage

An amount or object risked in a wager; a stake

To have the courage required for

One on which a stake is or can be placed

To challenge (someone) to do something requiring boldness

A plan or an option considered with regard to its probable consequence

To confront boldly; brave

(Informal) A view or opinion, especially about something that cannot be known at the present time

To be courageous or bold enough to do or try something

To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.

To be courageous or bold enough to

To make a bet with

An act of daring; a challenge.

To make a bet on (a contestant or an outcome).

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

To maintain confidently, as if making a bet

(transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)

To make or place a bet.

(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to

A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

(transitive) To terrify; to daunt.

A candidate (for elections and pageants).

(transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.

A degree of certainty.

(obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.

Alternative form of beth

(obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.

To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

A challenge to prove courage.

To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.

(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.

Defiance; challenge.

(knitting) between

(games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.

To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.

To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.

An early form of Better.

To challenge; to provoke; to defy.

The money risked on a gamble

To lurk; to lie hid.

The act of gambling;

To terrify; to daunt.

Maintain with or as if with a bet;

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.

Stake on the outcome of an issue;

Defiance; challenge.

Have faith or confidence in;

A small fish; the dace.

A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy;

Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission;

To be courageous enough to try or do something;

Challenge;