Hale vs. Hardy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hale and Hardy
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Hale
Free from infirmity or illness; sound.
Hardy
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
Hale
To compel to go
"In short order the human rights campaign was haled before a high court of indignation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
Hardy
(botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
Hale
(Archaic) To pull, draw, drag, or hoist.
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Hardy
Brave and resolute.
Hale
(dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
Hardy
Impudent.
Hale
(archaic) Health, welfare.
Hardy
Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
Hale
To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
Hardy
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Hale
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
Last year we thought him strong and hale.
Hardy
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.
Hap helpeth hardy man alway.
Hale
Welfare.
All heedless of his dearest hale.
Hardy
Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
Hale
To pull; to drag; to haul.
Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore.
As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.
Hardy
Strong; firm; compact.
[A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric.
Hale
A soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
Hardy
Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
Hale
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
Hardy
Able to withstand the cold of winter.
Hale
Prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
Hardy
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Hale
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
She forced him to take a job in the city
He squeezed her for information
Hardy
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
Hale
Draw slowly or heavily;
Haul stones
Haul nets
Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
Hale
Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health;
Hale and hearty
Whole in mind and body
A whole person again
Hardy
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships;
Hardy explorers of northern Canada
Proud of her tall stalwart son
Stout seamen
Sturdy young athletes
Hardy
Resolute and without fear
Hardy
Able to survive under unfavorable conditions;
Strawberries are hardy and easy to grow
Camels are tough and hardy creatures
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