Brave vs. Brazen — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brave and Brazen
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Definitions
Brave➦
Possessing or displaying courage.
Brazen➦
Bold and without shame
A brazen hussy
He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance
Brave➦
Making a fine display; impressive or showy
“a coat of brave red lipstick on a mouth so wrinkled that it didn't even have a clear outline” (Anne Tyler).
Brazen➦
Made of brass
Brazen fire irons
Brave➦
Excellent; great
“The Romans were like brothers / In the brave days of old” (Thomas Macaulay).
Brazen➦
Endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame
There was nothing to do but brazen it out
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Brave➦
(used with a pl. verb) People who exhibit bravery or courage considered as a group
“O'er the land of the free / And the home of the brave” (Francis Scott Key).
Brazen➦
Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold.
Brave➦
(Offensive) A Native American warrior.
Brazen➦
Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound
"sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band" (James Joyce).
Brave➦
(Archaic) A bully.
Brazen➦
Made of brass.
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Brave➦
To endure or face courageously
“He remained in his tent on inclement mornings while others in the party braved the rain ... looking for birds” (Bert O. States). “Together they would brave Satan and all his legions” (Emily Brontë).
Brazen➦
Resembling brass, as in color or strength.
Brave➦
(Obsolete) To make showy or splendid.
Brazen➦
To face or undergo with bold self-assurance
Brazened out the crisis.
Brave➦
To make a courageous show or put up a stalwart front.
Brazen➦
(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
Brave➦
Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
Brazen➦
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
Brave➦
(obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
Brazen➦
(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
Brave➦
Making a fine show or display.
Brazen➦
Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing.
She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on closed-circuit television doing so.
Brave➦
Foolish or unwise.
Brazen➦
(intransitive) To turn a brass color.
Brave➦
(dated) A Native American warrior.
Brazen➦
(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.
Brave➦
(obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Brazen➦
Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
Brave➦
(obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
Brazen➦
Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
Brave➦
(transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.
After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.
Brazen➦
Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
Brave➦
To adorn; to make fine or showy.
Brazen➦
To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
Brave➦
Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; - opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Brazen➦
Face with defiance or impudence;
Brazen it out
Brave➦
Having any sort of superiority or excellence; - especially such as in conspicuous.
Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
Brazen➦
Unrestrained by convention or propriety;
An audacious trick to pull
A barefaced hypocrite
The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
Bold-faced lies
Brazen arrogance
The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
Brave➦
Making a fine show or display.
Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
Frog and lizard in holiday coatsAnd turtle brave in his golden spots.
Brazen➦
Made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
Brave➦
A brave person; one who is daring.
The star-spangled banner, O,long may it waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Brave➦
Specifically, an Indian warrior.
Brave➦
A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Hot braves like thee may fight.
Brave➦
A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
Brave➦
To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
Brave➦
To adorn; to make fine or showy.
Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.
Brave➦
A North American Indian warrior
Brave➦
People who are brave;
The home of the free and the brave
Brave➦
Face or endure with courage;
She braved the elements
Brave➦
Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching;
Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring
A frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain
Set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
Brave➦
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation;
Audacious explorers
Fearless reporters and photographers
Intrepid pioneers
Brave➦
Brightly colored and showy;
Girls decked out in brave new dresses
Brave banners flying
`braw' is a Scottish word
A dress a bit too gay for her years
Birds with gay plumage
