Bold vs. Strong — What's the Difference?

Fearless and daring; courageous

Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring

Able to withstand force, pressure, or wear

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent

Very intense

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative

Used after a number to indicate the size of a group

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous

Denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by a change of vowel within the stem rather than by addition of a suffix (e.g. swim, swam, swum).

Strong or pronounced; prominent

Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10⁻¹³ cm (so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge), and which conserves strangeness, parity, and isospin.

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain

Physically powerful; capable of exerting great physical force.

(Printing) Boldface.

Marked by great physical power

(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.

In good or sound health; robust

Courageous, daring.

Economically or financially sound or thriving

Visually striking; conspicuous.

Having force of character, will, morality, or intelligence

Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

Having or showing ability or achievement in a specified field

Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

Capable of the effective exercise of authority

(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.

Capable of withstanding force or wear; solid, tough, or firm

Full-bodied.

Having great binding strength

(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.

Not easily captured or defeated

Steep or abrupt.

Not easily upset; resistant to harmful or unpleasant influences

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

Having force or rapidity of motion

To make bold or daring.

Persuasive, effective, and cogent

To become bold or brave.

Forceful and pointed; emphatic

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

Forthright and explicit, often offensively so

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

Extreme; drastic

In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.

Having force of conviction or feeling; uncompromising

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.

Intense in degree or quality

Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.

Having an intense or offensive effect on the senses

Steep; abrupt; prominent.

Clear and loud

To make bold or daring.

Readily noticeable; remarkable

To be or become bold.

Readily detected or received

A typeface with thick heavy lines

Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient

Fearless and daring;

Containing a considerable percentage of alcohol

Clear and distinct;

Powerfully effective

Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;

Of or relating to a color having a high degree of saturation.

Having a specified number of units or members

Marked by steady or rising prices

Of or relating to those verbs in Germanic languages that form their past tense by a change in stem vowel, and their past participles by a change in stem vowel and sometimes by adding the suffix -(e)n, as sing, sang, sung or tear, tore, torn.

Of or relating to the inflection of nouns or adjectives in Germanic languages with endings that historically did not contain a suffix with an n.

Stressed or accented in pronunciation or poetic meter. Used of a word or syllable.

In a strong, powerful, or vigorous manner; forcefully

Capable of producing great physical force.

Capable of withstanding great physical force.

(of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.

Determined; unyielding.

Highly stimulating to the senses.

Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.

Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.

(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.

(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.

(chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.

(military) Not easily subdued or taken.

Having wealth or resources.

Impressive, good.

Having a specified number of people or units.

(of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.

Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)

(of an argument) Convincing.

In a strong manner.

Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.

Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.

Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.

Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.

Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.

Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.

Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.

Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.

Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.

Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.

Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.

Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.

Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.

Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.

Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.

Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.

Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.

Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.

Having strength or power greater than average or expected;

Used of syllables or musical beats

Not faint or feeble;

Having or wielding force or authority;

Having a strong physiological or chemical effect;

Able to withstand attack;

Of good quality and condition; solidly built;

Of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection;

Having a high alcoholic content;

Freshly made or left;

Strong and sure;