different between daring vs tenacity

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

Etymology

tenac(ious) +? -ity, from Middle French ténacité, from Latin ten?cit?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??næs.?.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??næs?ti/
• Hyphenation: tena?city

Noun

tenacity (countable and uncountable, plural tenacities)

1. The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
   • 2009, Jorge Cham, PHD Comics: Softball: younger and faster:

     — Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have something they’ll never have!

     — Tenure?

     — Tenacity!

2. The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
3. The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
4. The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
5. (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

Synonyms

• (state of being tenacious): tenaciousness, determination, persistency, retentiveness, stubbornness
• (quality keeping bodies together): cohesiveness
• (quality making bodies adhere): adhesiveness, viscosity

Antonyms

• (quality keeping bodies together): brittleness, fragility, mobility

Related terms

• tenacious
• tenaciously

Translations