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Bold vs. Dare — What's the Difference?

Bold vs. Dare — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Bold and Dare

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Bold

Fearless and daring; courageous
A bold leader.

Dare

Have the courage to do something
She leaned forward as far as she dared
A story he dare not write down

Bold

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring
A bold voyage to unknown lands.

Dare

Defy or challenge (someone) to do something
She was daring him to disagree
Swap with me, I dare you

Bold

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent
A bold, sassy child.
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Dare

Take the risk of; brave
Few dared his wrath

Bold

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative
"[He] laid out a bold, new vision for America's leading universities" (Jerome Karabel).

Dare

A challenge, especially to prove courage
She ran across a main road for a dare

Bold

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous
Bold colors.
A bold pattern.

Dare

To have the courage required for
The gymnast dared a breathtakingly difficult move.

Bold

Strong or pronounced; prominent
The bold flavor of ginger.

Dare

To challenge (someone) to do something requiring boldness
They dared me to dive off the high board.

Bold

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain
"The two walk along the high, bold, rocky shore" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

Dare

To confront boldly; brave
Dared the dizzying heights of the mountain.

Bold

(Printing) Boldface.

Dare

To be courageous or bold enough to do or try something
Go ahead and dive if you dare.

Bold

(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.

Dare

To be courageous or bold enough to
I dare not say. How dare she go?.

Bold

Courageous, daring.
Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.

Dare

An act of daring; a challenge.

Bold

Visually striking; conspicuous.
The painter's bold use of colour and outline

Dare

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
I wouldn't dare (to) argue with my boss.

Bold

Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
The last word of this sentence is bold.

Dare

(transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
I dare you to kiss that girl.

Bold

Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

Dare

(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
Will you dare death to reach your goal?

Bold

(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.

Dare

(transitive) To terrify; to daunt.

Bold

Full-bodied.

Dare

(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.

Bold

(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.

Dare

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

Bold

Steep or abrupt.

Dare

(obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.

Bold

(transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.

Dare

A challenge to prove courage.

Bold

To make bold or daring.

Dare

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.

Bold

To become bold or brave.

Dare

Defiance; challenge.

Bold

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons bold.

Dare

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

Bold

Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.

Dare

To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.
Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not.
Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion.
The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why.
The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead).
You know one dare not discover you.
The fellow dares not deceive me.
Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weedDares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep.

Bold

In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice.

Dare

To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything?
To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.

Bold

Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
The cathedral church is a very bold work.

Dare

To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
Time, I dare thee to discoverSuch a youth and such a lover.

Bold

Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.

Dare

To lurk; to lie hid.

Bold

Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.

Dare

To terrify; to daunt.
For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,Would dare a woman.

Bold

To make bold or daring.

Dare

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise.

Bold

To be or become bold.

Dare

Defiance; challenge.
Childish, unworthy daresAre not enought to part our powers.
Sextus PompeiusHath given the dare to Cæsar.

Bold

A typeface with thick heavy lines

Dare

A small fish; the dace.

Bold

Fearless and daring;
Bold settlers on some foreign shore
A bold speech
A bold adventure

Dare

A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy;
He could never refuse a dare

Bold

Clear and distinct;
Bold handwriting
A figure carved in bold relief
A bold design

Dare

Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission;
How dare you call my lawyer?

Bold

Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
A bluff headland
Where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
A sheer descent of rock

Dare

To be courageous enough to try or do something;
I don't dare call him
She dares to dress differently from the others

Dare

Challenge;
I dare you!

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