Valiant vs. Gallant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Valiant and Gallant
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Valiant
Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave
A valiant knight.
A valiant effort.
Gallant
Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing
A gallant feathered hat.
Cut a gallant figure at the coronation.
Valiant
Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword.
Gallant
Unflinching in battle or action; valiant
Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers.
Valiant
Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
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Gallant
Nobly or selflessly resolute
Made a gallant attempt to save her friend's reputation.
Valiant
(obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.
Gallant
Stately; majestic
A gallant ship.
Valiant
Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.
Gallant
Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous.
Valiant
Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.
A valiant and most expert gentleman.
And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles.
Gallant
Flirtatious; amorous.
Valiant
Performed with valor or bravery; heroic.
[The saints] have made such valiant confessions.
Gallant
A fashionable young man.
Valiant
Having or showing valor;
A valiant attempt to prevent the hijack
A valiant soldier
Gallant
A man courteously attentive to women.
Gallant
A male lover, especially one who is courteously attentive.
Gallant
To woo or pay court to (a lady).
Gallant
To play the gallant.
Gallant
Brave, valiant.
Gallant
Honorable.
Gallant
Grand, noble.
Gallant
(obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
Gallant
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
Gallant
(dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
Gallant
One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
Gallant
(nautical) A topgallant.
Gallant
To attend or wait on (a lady).
To gallant ladies to the play
Gallant
To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
To gallant a fan
Gallant
To conduct, escort, convey.
Gallant
Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
The town is built in a very gallant place.
Our royal, good and gallant ship.
Gallant
Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave.
Gallant
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
Gallant
A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable man; a young blood.
Gallant
One fond of paying attention to ladies.
Gallant
One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
Gallant
To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
Gallant
To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
Gallant
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Gallant
A man who attends or escorts a woman
Gallant
Unflinching in battle or action;
A gallant warrior
Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers
Gallant
Lively and spirited;
A dashing hero
Gallant
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility;
A gallant pageant
Lofty ships
Majestic cities
Proud alpine peaks
Gallant
Having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight
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