hardy vs hearty
Definitions
adjective
- having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
- invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
Examples
We bumbled around each other like Laurel and Hardy in the gloom, fumbling for a torch we couldn't find.
A half-hardy annual, this variety produces tall stems topped with feathery pure-white flowers.
Also, that no man be so hardy to crye havock upon peyne that he that is begynner shall be deede therefore: and the remanent that doo the same, or follow, shall lose their horse and harneis ... and his body in prison at the king's will.
Definitions
adjective
- showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- providing abundant nourishment
- without reservation
- endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
- consuming abundantly and with gusto
Examples
Hale and hearty, though aged, strong-featured, with the tough and leathery skin produced by long years of sunbeat and weatherbeat, his was the unmistakable sea face and eyes; and at once there came to me a bit of Kipling's
That demands strong swimming skills and hearty lungs besides.
Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed.
