temerity vs timidity
Definitions
noun
- fearless daring
Examples
You do not need a great deal of temerity to suggest that in the circumstances.
In fact, Leviev had the temerity to lecture Namibians on what would be good for them under his tutelage.
And if you have the temerity to do so your reputation will be shattered and your dignity will be shredded.
Definitions
noun
- fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
- fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
Examples
He has not been hampered by timidity or uncertainty, fitting into the side with calm assurance and revealing the extent of his ability.
If from timidity they consent to be forced into one of these moulds, and to let all that part of themselves which cannot expand under the pressure remain unexpanded, society will be little the better for their genius.
That spiritual confidence and authority available to the average believer was confirmed in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, where I learned that boldness comes from the original Greek word, parrhesia, meaning "outspokenness; unreserved utterance; freedom of speech; with frankness, candor, careful courage; and the opposite of cowardice, timidity or fear.
