Bold vs. Daring — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bold and Daring
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Bold
Fearless and daring; courageous
A bold leader.
Daring
(of a person or action) adventurous or audaciously bold
A daring crime
Bold
Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring
A bold voyage to unknown lands.
Daring
Adventurous courage
The daring of the players brings fortune or ruin
Bold
Unduly forward and brazen; impudent
A bold, sassy child.
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Daring
Willing to take or seek out risks; bold and venturesome.
Bold
Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative
"[He] laid out a bold, new vision for America's leading universities" (Jerome Karabel).
Daring
Involving great risk or danger
A daring rescue.
Bold
Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous
Bold colors.
A bold pattern.
Daring
Audacious bravery; boldness.
Bold
Strong or pronounced; prominent
The bold flavor of ginger.
Daring
Present participle of dare
Bold
Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain
"The two walk along the high, bold, rocky shore" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Daring
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
Bold
(Printing) Boldface.
Daring
Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
Bold
(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Daring
Racy; sexually provocative.
Bold
Courageous, daring.
Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.
Daring
Boldness.
Bold
Visually striking; conspicuous.
The painter's bold use of colour and outline
Daring
Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
Bold
Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
The last word of this sentence is bold.
Daring
Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
Bold
Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
Daring
A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy;
He could never refuse a dare
Bold
(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.
Daring
The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;
The proposal required great boldness
Bold
Full-bodied.
Daring
Disposed to venture or take risks;
Audacious visions of the total conquest of space
An audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
The most daring of contemporary fiction writers
A venturesome investor
A venturous spirit
Bold
(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
Daring
Radically new or original;
An avant-garde theater piece
Bold
Steep or abrupt.
Bold
(transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
Bold
To make bold or daring.
Bold
To become bold or brave.
Bold
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons bold.
Bold
Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
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.
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.
Bold
Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.
Bold
Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
Bold
To make bold or daring.
Bold
To be or become bold.
Bold
A typeface with thick heavy lines
Bold
Fearless and daring;
Bold settlers on some foreign shore
A bold speech
A bold adventure
Bold
Clear and distinct;
Bold handwriting
A figure carved in bold relief
A bold design
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
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