different between boldness vs audaciousness

English

Etymology

From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold +? -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo?ldn?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ldn?s/
• Hyphenation: bold?ness

Noun

boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)

1. The state of being bold; courage.
   • 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill

     Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]

2. presumptuousness
3. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:courage

Translations

Anagrams

• bondless

English

Etymology

audacious +? -ness

Pronunciation

• enPR: ô-d??sh?s-n?s, IPA^(key): /??de?.??s.n?s/

Noun

audaciousness (countable and uncountable, plural audaciousnesses)

1. Risky or daring behaviour.
2. impudence

Synonyms

• audacity

Related terms

• audacious