different between dauntless vs high-spirited

English

daunt +? -less

dauntless (comparative more dauntless, superlative most dauntless)

Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
Synonym: daredevil
Antonym: timid
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXXIV:
  [...] And yet / Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, / And blew "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."

high-spirited (comparative more high-spirited, superlative most high-spirited)

Possessing a bold nature.
- 1918, Jack London, "The Princess":
  "She was as fine a figure of a woman as I was a man, as high-spirited and courageous, as reckless and dare-devilish."
Energetic, exuberant, or high-strung.
- 1950 Sept. 25, "Music: Out of the Corner," Time:
  Last week a group of four high-spirited folksters known as the Weavers had succeeded in shouting, twanging and crooning folk singing out of its cloistered corner.

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