What's the difference between bravery and valour?

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.

Valour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Habib Daguib In the aftermath of the slaughter of 38 tourists at the Imperial Marhaba hotel have come tales of valour by waiters, lifeguards and men whose normal job is renting out water skis and plastic bananas.
  • (2) The first outfits had a punky feel: pinstripe suits with bold slogans – “honour”, “valour” and “truth” – covering the fronts of jackets.
  • (3) Like this woman came along and she had a medal for valour in the second world war, and she said it belonged to her grandfather's pigeon, Hughie.
  • (4) Discretion is, after all, the better part of valour," wrote KC Singh in Outlook magazine.
  • (5) Nintendo, with no new device, perhaps wisely chose discretion over valour, but did show a ream of new software for the Wii U .
  • (6) The whole House will want to join me in praising the dedication and valour of our troops, especially those engaged in the conflict in Afghanistan.
  • (7) And sometimes, as with the US Navy-backed Act Of Valour , currently burning up the jingoist and videogamer demographics at the US box office, the Pentagon literally gets final cut.
  • (8) Discretion should enable the better part of valour.
  • (9) The results obtained for three water compartments studied are given and compared with valours found in literature.
  • (10) And I want you to know that we will never forget the sacrifice and service of the American soldiers who gave their lives for people whose names they never knew, and whose faces they never saw, and yet people who have lived in freedom thanks to the bravery and valour of the Americans who gave the "last full measure of devotion".
  • (11) I learned young, as many of my generation did, of the significance of the red poppy, of Armistice Day, of Remembrance Sunday, the stories of sacrifice and valour.
  • (12) If, and this admittedly seems unlikely, everything goes to plan for the Pakistani army in the operation in South Waziristan, we could see the following scenario unfold: Confronted by a massive force, local tribes decide that discretion is the better part of valour and offer little support to Hakimullah Mehsud and the Pakistan Taliban militants.
  • (13) Which is not to diminish the valour of their hosts, who worked hard for their win even if they were thankful for a comical late penalty miss by Santi Cazorla.
  • (14) The generals' letter forms part of a campaign, called Stolen Valour, by leading military figures and Nothing British, an organisation that monitors the BNP.
  • (15) What we get instead are Top Gun , The Green Berets, Act Of Valour.
  • (16) "The government of Afghanistan is grateful to the international community for its assistance and remains confident that the Afghan forces will, as they did throughout history, protect their people and territorial integrity with courage and valour," he added.
  • (17) Marshall’s backstory alludes to his time piloting combat choppers in Vietnam, when he received the Medal of Honor for valour in battle from one of his predecessors.
  • (18) Before this montage, Kennard created his Decoration paintings, a series of 18 three-metre high canvases that drew attention to the human cost of the war while simultaneously meditating on tokens of commemoration and military valour.
  • (19) In the dictionary, it is defined as courage, pluck, valour, fearlessness, nerve, daring, heroism, gallantry.
  • (20) So when Kerslake writes a report about the potential "accountability gap" as services are hived off to free floating autonomous bodies and does not mention schools (as in free schools, whose accounts are not going to be publicly audited and whose answerability for their spending is obscure to say the least), we can only assume this senior official knows his ministers' minds and, discretion over valour, is staying silent about the obvious problems thrown up by their version of decentralisation.