Bully vs. Bold — What's the Difference?

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable

Fearless and daring; courageous

Corned beef.

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring

An act of starting play in field hockey, in which two opponents strike each other's sticks three times and then go for the ball.

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous

Very good; excellent

Strong or pronounced; prominent

A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller, weaker, less popular, or more vulnerable people.

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain

A hired ruffian; a thug.

(Printing) Boldface.

A pimp.

(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.

(Archaic) A fine person.

Courageous, daring.

(Archaic) A sweetheart.

Visually striking; conspicuous.

Canned or pickled beef. Also called bully beef.

Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

To hurt or intimidate (someone) in the manner of a bully.

Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

To make (one's way) aggressively.

(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.

To behave like a bully.

Full-bodied.

To force one's way aggressively or by intimidation

(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.

Excellent; splendid

Steep or abrupt.

Used to express approval

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

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

To make bold or daring.

A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

To become bold or brave.

A hired thug.

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

A sex worker’s minder.

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

(uncountable) Bully beef.

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

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

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 small scrum in the Eton College field game.

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

Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies. The common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus

Steep; abrupt; prominent.

An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

To make bold or daring.

(dialectal) A companion; mate male or female.

To be or become bold.

(obsolete) A darling, sweetheart male or female.

A typeface with thick heavy lines

(field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.

Fearless and daring;

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Clear and distinct;

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Very good.

Jovial and blustering.

Well done!

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous, who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

A brisk, dashing fellow.

Pickled or canned beef.

Jovial and blustering; dashing.

Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully{1} toward.

To act as a bully{1}.

Well done! Excellent!

A cruel and brutal fellow

Be bossy towards;

Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Very good;