different between valour vs guts

English

Alternative forms

• valor

Etymology

From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?væl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?væl?/
• Rhymes: -æl?(?)

Noun

valour (usually uncountable, plural valours) (British spelling)

1. Value; worth.
2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

   Synonyms: bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity

3. (dated) A brave man; a man of valour.

Derived terms

• discretion is the better part of valour

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• louvar, ovular

Old French

Noun

valour f (oblique plural valours, nominative singular valour, nominative plural valours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of valur
   • Flatour est un soubtil enchanteour;
     Car par son vein enchantement
     Fait croire au dame et au seignour
     Que sur tous autres de valour
     Sont plus digne et plus excellent.

     Flattery is a subtle enchanter,
     For by its vain enchantment
     It makes damsels and lords alike believe
     That above all other valorous people
     Are more worthy and more excellent.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ts/

Noun

guts

1. plural of gut

Noun

guts pl (plural only)

1. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

   Synonyms: entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera

2. (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.

   Synonyms: pluck, (vulgar) balls, nerve; see also Thesaurus:courage

3. (informal) Content, substance.

4. (informal) The essential, core parts.

5. (informal) One's innermost feelings.

6. (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
7. (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.

Translations

Verb

guts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gut

Verb

guts (third-person singular simple present gutses, present participle gutsing, simple past and past participle gutsed)

1. (Australia, informal) To eat greedily.
2. (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

   He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

Anagrams

• Gust, gust, tugs

Danish

Noun

guts c

1. indefinite genitive singular of gut

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)

1. gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid
2. a chisel type with a hollow beak

Verb

guts

1. first-person singular present indicative of gutsen
2. imperative of gutsen

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• stug