Coward vs. Cowardice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Coward and Cowardice
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Coward
A person who lacks courage to face danger or pain, or shows fear in a shameful way.
Cowardice
Cowardice is a trait wherein excessive fear prevents an individual from taking a risk or facing danger. It is the opposite of courage.
Coward
A person who lacks courage.
Cowardice
Lack of courage or shameful show of fear when facing danger or pain.
Coward
Cowardly.
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Cowardice
Lack of courage.
Coward
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
Cowardice
Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
The cowardice of doing wrong.
Moderation was despised as cowardice.
Coward
To intimidate.
Cowardice
The trait of lacking courage
Coward
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; - said of a lion.
Coward
Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch.
Coward
Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
Invading fears repel my coward joy.
Coward
A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse.
Coward
To make timorous; to frighten.
That which cowardeth a man's heart.
Coward
A person who shows fear or timidity
Coward
English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
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