different between daring vs precarious

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?????/, /?d????/
• Rhymes: -??r??
• Homophone: derring (in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)

Verb

daring

1. present participle of dare

Adjective

daring (comparative more daring, superlative most daring)

1. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
2. Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II scene i^[2]:

     […] By this scimitar,

     That slew the Sophy and a Persian prince

     That won three fields of Sultan Solyman,

     I would outstare the sternest eyes that look,

     Outbrave the heart most daring on earth,

     Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear,

     Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey,

     To win thee, lady. […]

3. Racy; sexually provocative.
   • 2013, Randy Rawls, Best Defense (page 59)

     Just what I wanted, seeing my mom in a daring bikini—or worse yet, my being in one. I had the perfect drawer I could bury it in.

Synonyms

• (adventurous): audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome
• (courageous): See Thesaurus:brave

Derived terms

• daringly
• daringness
• outdaring

Related terms

• daredevil
• dareful
• darer
• daresay

Translations

Noun

daring (usually uncountable, plural darings)

1. Boldness.

Synonyms

• boldness; see also Thesaurus:courage

Translations

Anagrams

• Dargin, Gardin, drag in, gradin, radgin

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dar??/
• Hyphenation: da?ring

Etymology 1

Blend of dalam (“on”) +? jaringan (“network”).

Adjective

daring

1. (computing) online
   • 2019, Wayan Pageyasa & Nur Ihsan HL., Kekerasan Bahasa Di Media Daring Nasional, Deepublish Publisher, page 9.

Noun

daring (first-person possessive daringku, second-person possessive daringmu, third-person possessive daringnya)

1. (computing) online

Synonyms

• dalam jaringan

Antonyms

• luar jaringan, luring

Etymology 2

Clipping of kelas daring (“online class”).

Noun

daring

1. (colloquial) online class

Further reading

• “daring” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Karao

Noun

daring

1. small fish

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???k???i.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???k??i.?s/
• Rhymes: -???i?s
• Hyphenation: pre?ca?ri?ous

Etymology 1

From Latin prec?rius (“begged for, obtained by entreaty”), from prex, precis (“prayer”). Compare French précaire, Portuguese precário, and Spanish and Italian precario.

Adjective

precarious (comparative more precarious, superlative most precarious)

1. (comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
2. (law) Depending on the intention of another.

Usage notes

Because the pre- element of precarious derives from prex and not the preposition prae, this term cannot — etymologically speaking — be written as *præcarious.

Quotations

• 1906, Jack London, White Fang, part I, ch III,

  Never had he been so fond of this body of his as now when his tenure of it was so precarious.

Synonyms

• (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): unsteady, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

Derived terms

Related terms

• pray

Translations

Further reading

• precarious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• precarious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Precarious in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Etymology 2

pre- + carious

Adjective

precarious (not comparable)

1. (dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.