What's the difference between bravery and prowess?

Bravery


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
  • (n.) The act of braving; defiance; bravado.
  • (n.) Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.
  • (n.) A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I am dismayed at the terrible experience that Wafula Strike had … She is right to bring this matter to the department’s attention and I applaud her bravery for speaking openly about her experience.” The Paralympian condemned Stapleton’s experience: “It’s a real shame that what happened to me is still happening to other people.
  • (2) The charity's chief executive, Javed Khan, said: "Victims of sexual abuse should be praised for their bravery in coming forward, not censured and have their credibility called into question – least of all by the prosecution."
  • (3) "I admire their bravery but I don't see why we are involved in their war.
  • (4) The police are our front line against people who wish to do us harm and it is exactly this type of bravery and dedication shown by these officers that will continue to keep our communities safe and secure.” Keenan said the public should feel confident that the police, the security services and the government were “taking every possible step to ensure their safety and the security of all our communities” and should “remain calm and let the authorities get on with their job”.
  • (5) We are very grateful for the witnesses’ participation, and Dame Linda and Dame Janet were at pains to recognise their bravery in the reports.
  • (6) An era of turbulence, back-stabbing, bravery and brilliance, I knew I wanted it to form the basis for a conspiracy thread in the story.
  • (7) Westminster attack: Theresa May praises 'exceptional bravery' of police and security services - live Read more The Guardian understands the initial working theories of the police investigation are the attacker was inspired by Isis and was most likely a “lone actor”.
  • (8) A behavioral modeling and reinforcement procedure for "bravery training" is presented for assisting young children to cope with fears encountered in a hospital setting.
  • (9) Mandelson has been careful in recent days to praise Miliband for earning a hearing over his bravery in taking on Rupert Murdoch, but said he had not yet replaced New Labour with anything coherent.
  • (10) Ed Miliband said: "This is a tragic and poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by our armed forces in serving our country with bravery and distinction."
  • (11) The atmosphere and the spirit of enthusiasm and dedication is described, as well as the faith, the bravery and the self abnegation with which the Greek soldiers fought in the Albanian mountains and the Greek nurses in their own battle field, in the health care Army establishments for the treatment and relief of the brave wounded and sick warriors.
  • (12) "The absolute key is that at the moment we have extraordinary bravery, as well as sacrifice, intelligence and skill, from British service people and that is tactically making advances, but what is missing is a clear strategy," he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
  • (13) Last Friday, Buhari was in Yola to decorate soldiers for bravery in the counter-insurgency and to visit a camp for people displaced by six years of violence that has resulted in at least 17,000 deaths.
  • (14) The First World War lives on in the passionate poetry it produced, in the plays, novels and chronicles of bravery, loneliness and despair.
  • (15) "I want to praise the bravery of the bus driver who had to deal with this frightening situation," the Ulster Unionist member said.
  • (16) It needed stamina, ice-in-the-veins bravery, cunning, cool judgment and brute determination.
  • (17) Their bravery, dedication and professionalism are second to none."
  • (18) Neave thanked the woman for her testimony, and for her bravery.
  • (19) Last month the opening of a museum in Markowa commemorating the bravery of the Ulma family in saving their Jewish neighbours was fast-tracked.
  • (20) "I admire her for her bravery and courage," said Amir Shakoor in a post.

Prowess


Definition:

  • (a.) Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For a nation that has begun to flex its military muscles, its presence on another world perfectly demonstrates its national prowess.
  • (2) Moyes is the referee, which is just as well as the fixture generally has a bit of needle to it: the veterans needing to continually reassert their prowess over the younger generation.
  • (3) Chelsea have not been defensively tight this term, their frailties masked by attacking prowess at the other end, but the sight of Draxler gliding through them at will was disturbing.
  • (4) Indeed, there is a rising anxiety amongst US public and private sector mandarins surrounding Iran’s apparent digital prowess, as evinced by research the Guardian was briefed on ahead of its September release.
  • (5) Especially after the levels of sexual activity that are said to have taken place during the last set of Olympic Games, which showed it's possible to display athletic prowess while breaking Grindr .
  • (6) Meanwhile, the symbols of their adopted country’s world-beating prowess, from football to cars, look somewhat tarnished.
  • (7) That was when Orlando finally imposed their superior attacking prowess and simply overwhelmed the visitors with three goals in the space of eight minutes, with two more from Dwyer and one from local product Dennis Chin.
  • (8) The BBC director general, Tony Hall , said the controversial boxer had been put on the list for his “sporting prowess” and that he trusted the public to judge who should win the contest.
  • (9) Whether witnessed close-up, as in Mitchell's case, or from afar, in the exaltation of Sir Ranulph as he escorts his wig to the Antarctic, a narrow model of male prowess is actively damaging huge numbers of non-dominant, powerless or jobless men, who struggle, the charity explains, when they are unable to meet expectations.
  • (10) The potential impact on future patient draw, professional prowess, and income, which may result from a continuation of this wide gap, is also discussed.
  • (11) Fresh to office, and gung-ho to demonstrate their prowess at cutting, a lot of the Tory ministers were naive or reckless about the impact of cuts.
  • (12) Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘Mourinho is cool – the older coaches get, the cooler they get’ Read more The clubs have agreed a fee of around £25m plus add-ons for Bailly, who can play across the back four and looks to have the physical prowess to prosper in the Premier League.
  • (13) The duo are famed for their deal-making prowess, founded on a strategy of driving profits by slashing costs.
  • (14) Chelsea have won seven matches during that sequence and once we had waded through all the varying subplots and controversies the bottom line is the Premier League leaders have re-established a five-point advantage ahead of Manchester City – and gone nine clear of Arsenal – courtesy of Eden Hazard’s expertly taken penalty and the latest demonstration of Diego Costa’s penalty-box prowess.
  • (15) Here was the team that comes at opponents in a blur of red and terrorises them with their attacking prowess.
  • (16) What special extra element can the RAF add, other than trying to demonstrate Britain’s military prowess Even if the forces of Isis are attacked even more intensively from the air, the military consensus appears to be that they cannot be defeated without ground troops.
  • (17) Santos had bridled at suggestions before the game that Greece’s tactics have not developed since winning the European Championship in 2004 with a watertight defence and set-piece prowess.
  • (18) More than talking heads: why Davos matters Read more Without emotional connections, these leaders – the vast majority of whom are men – will use their intellectual prowess to find solutions with little attention trickling down to the greatest agent of change: our hearts.
  • (19) Gassman had started out, quite promisingly, as a sportsman in his hometown of Genoa, but quickly decided to put his athletic prowess, good looks and prodigiously mellifluous speaking voice to work in the theatre.
  • (20) But the event has not taken place for the last few years, reportedly because North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, wants to improve the country’s sporting prowess first.