different between cowardly vs cowardish

English

From Middle English *cowardli (adjective) and couardli (adverb), equivalent to coward +? -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.

cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
- 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
  The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.

cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)

coward +? -ish

cowardish (comparative more cowardish, superlative most cowardish)

(obsolete) cowardly
- 1551-1624, Ralph Robynson, More's Utopia
  a base and a cowardish mind

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