different between chivalrous vs gallantry

English

From Middle English chevalrous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.

chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)

(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:
  Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.
involving chivalry.

From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant +? -ry.

gallantry (countable and uncountable, plural gallantries)

courage
- 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
  'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.'
chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women
an instance of gallant behaviour or speech

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