What's the difference between brave and resilient?

Brave


Definition:

  • (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
  • (superl.) Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.
  • (superl.) Making a fine show or display.
  • (n.) A brave person; one who is daring.
  • (n.) Specifically, an Indian warrior.
  • (n.) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
  • (n.) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
  • (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
  • (v. t.) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They were preceded by the publication of The Success and Failure of Picasso (1965) and Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the USSR (1969); in one, he made a hopeless mess of Picasso’s later career, though he was not alone in this; in the other, he elevated a brave dissident artist beyond his talents.
  • (2) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
  • (3) It is because of those brave people that we owe our lives to them.
  • (4) "My wonderful, brave and adored father, Jack Ashley, Lord Ashley of Stoke, has died after a short battle with pneumonia."
  • (5) But the overall drownings seem to be going up and I don’t know if it’s older people, if it’s young men being more brave around water.” Lawrence suggested children may be failing to continue swimming and water safety education once they have basic skills.
  • (6) In fact the aim for many of those braving increasingly chilly nights inside the tents is to be here until Christmas at least.
  • (7) Brain injury from a stroke has an impact on many families in the UK, so this film is not just brave and personal, it will speak to the broadest of audiences.
  • (8) From one of his hospital visits Marr recalls a woman, eight months pregnant, who had suffered a stroke: "There are people far worse off than me who are so incredibly brave and cheerful.
  • (9) Families picnic between games of crazy golf or volleyball, bathers brave the shallows, children splash in the saltwater lido.
  • (10) The artist bravely offers us a more inclusive idea of who and what constitutes kin.
  • (11) Westwood came within an inch of clawing back a shot with a firm, brave putt, but went to the 16th having to birdie his way to the clubhouse to pull off a minor miracle.
  • (12) 2.36pm GMT Still on the luge, Italy’s Armin Zoeggler is praised for “brave sliding” but can’t improve on third place.
  • (13) Our team began 81 years ago – in 1932 – with the name "Boston Braves."
  • (14) But they were brave because they were risking future ministerial careers."
  • (15) "Let me assure you that our brave sentinels on the border will address any issue that happens on the border," said the foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.
  • (16) It was a particularly brave – or rash – thing to say given that South Carolina is one of the most heavily militarised states in America and is peppered with military bases .
  • (17) Something certainly shifted: perhaps it was a combination of Dave’s reassurance, the hypnosis and seeing my fellow phobics so bravely facing their fears that eventually had an effect.
  • (18) She wouldn't name names, but said: "What male MPs from similar areas to Bradford and Keighley would say to me from time to time was, 'Oh, you're so brave taking up these issues' – either forced marriages or grooming of girls.
  • (19) First, Owen doesn’t mention the most common explanation for this rightwards movement, but it still seems true that, as many people grow older, not only do they lose the brave idealism of their youth, they come to feel they have much more to lose, far more invested in conserving the status quo: homes and property, maybe shares and savings, children etc.
  • (20) The situation today is that artists have to be brave.

Resilient


Definition:

  • (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is resilient, but like all reefs around the world, it is also facing challenges.
  • (2) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
  • (3) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
  • (4) It has been a season where you learn about yourself, it teaches you about your own mental fortitude and resilience.
  • (5) Oral complications consist of mucositis, salivary gland dysfunction, loss of resiliency of perioral tissues, periodontal disease, and caries.
  • (6) Schools should adopt whole-school approaches to building emotional resilience – everyone from the dinner ladies to the headteacher needs to understand how to help young people to cope with what the modern world throws at them.
  • (7) Aware of FMNR's ability to build resilience, the WFP is giving food for work to 5,000 FMNR farmers in Kaffrine.
  • (8) Some were less fortunate, but panic has given way to a Balkan pride and resilience.
  • (9) Spanish renaissance In contrast, Spanish has held up remarkably well, due to its resilience at GCSE and growing awareness of the number of people around the world who speak it.
  • (10) Since the effectiveness with which they are removed largely depends on the age with respect to the stage of root formation, bone resilience and relationship with adjacent anatomical structures, and the dexterity of the operator, whenever possible, early removal is recommended.
  • (11) Over the last month, the company has released PR materials that highlight the Gulf’s resilience, as well as a report compiling scientific studies that suggest the area is making a rapid recovery.
  • (12) Despite all these fault lines, China is not going to collapse; it is far too resilient for that.
  • (13) This week, the resilience of Italy’s most pernicious problem – the mafia – was exposed once again when it was announced that Corleone’s town council was being dissolved by the order of Rome because it had been infiltrated by organised crime.
  • (14) Those androgynous looks helped him play a resilient 1970s transvestite in Breakfast On Pluto, for example.
  • (15) An independently composited index of competence from 2-year tool-using measures also correlated significantly with later resiliency, as did 2-year measures of mothers' support and quality of assistance.
  • (16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m president, they’re not’: Donald Trump at rally in Washington Trump is “much more resilient” than his opponents allow, said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, before pivoting to a plug for his new book, Understanding Trump .
  • (17) I think the fact that the movement has now become so public and widely supported gives it a resilience that means we can do this and it will make it very hard for border force and the government to make a move on these people.” There were also training demonstrations given at churches in Sydney, Hobart, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide, while Christ Church cathedral in Darwin will hold a demonstration later this afternoon.
  • (18) It's only when you try to navigate the system for an elderly relative that you realise how an older person's wellbeing and resilience matter less than the place in the NHS hierarchy of the hospital consultant, GP and social worker.
  • (19) While sympathetic influence is critical to the escape and maintenance of AV junctional automaticity both anterograde and retrograde AV conduction are remarkably resilient even under conditions of severe sympathetic deficit.
  • (20) The concept of heightened resilience or invulnerability in young profoundly stressed children is developed in terms of its implications for a psychology of wellness and for primary prevention in mental health.