What's the difference between chivalry and courtesy?

Chivalry


Definition:

  • (n.) A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.
  • (n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.
  • (n.) The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.
  • (n.) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.
  • (n.) Exploit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Normally a very friendly fellow, the reasons for 'Arry's lack of chivalry remain unknown, but it's thought he may have been preoccupied by the prospect of bringing triffic fellas Emmanuel Adebayor and Benoît Essou-Akotto to Loftus Road on loan.
  • (2) Twelve months ago, Chris Hemsworth, the actor who plays Kevin, was in every multiplex as Thor , he of the unreconstructed chivalry and massive mallet.
  • (3) But the most surprising thing was the wording in the crimson ring: FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE, this order of chivalry's motto.
  • (4) We are so much happier and rested now, and this arrangement lends itself to chivalry; on days when I arrive in the bedroom exhausted to find the fortress has been made for me, I feel spoilt indeed.
  • (5) Mr Osborne's hero, a self-pitying, self-dramatising intellectual rebel who drives his wife away, takes a mistress and then drops her when his wife crawls back, will not be thought an edifying example of chivalry.
  • (6) We have already gone through the excruciating experience of having the Queen herself wean us off the teat of the British honours system, a fixture of Australian distinction and chivalry that remained well after those fruity awards had turned rancid.
  • (7) Johnson was a puncher-boxer and dandy; Dempsey an uncomplicated hitter; Tunney had grace and nerve and fast feet; Louis’s fast hands punched in a blur of combinations, and he had a killer instinct as well as chivalry; Marciano had relentless oomph and steam-hammer cruelty.
  • (8) The age of chivalry is dead.” The novel’s theme, deftly laid out in a narrative that flashes backwards and forwards, to and from the 1930s, is the education of six wonderfully distinctive, heartless and romantic 10-year-old girls (Monica, Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, and Eunice) and the covert classroom drama that leads to Miss Brodie’s “betrayal”, her peremptory dismissal from Marcia Blaine by her great enemy, the headmistress, Miss Mackay.
  • (9) Sampson found his book piled high alongside Le Carre's The Spy Who Came in From The Cold , Mary McCarthy's The Group , and Arthur Bryant's The Age of Chivalry .
  • (10) A few years ago, my novel Dodger took the reader back to times long gone to meet famous names of fact and fiction, and brought them together on a journey – ultimately – of chivalry.
  • (11) President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s office said in a statement: “History will never forget his numerous achievements in the defence of Arabism and Islam; acts which he performed with honour, honesty and sincerity, guided by truth, justice, chivalry and courage.
  • (12) Not unless you entertain some outdated idea of chivalry, I suppose.
  • (13) Jihad “promises adventure and asserts that the codes of medieval heroism and chivalry are still relevant,” Creswell and Haykel write.
  • (14) Younger women put a greater emphasis on physical characteristics in defining the conceptions and were more likely to note chivalry as an important factor between the sexes.
  • (15) To be specific, sexism is when men let you jump the queue and get on a crowded bus first in Delhi (to confuse matters further, that's called chivalry) and then the poor dears, willy nilly, get crushed up against you as their hands "accidentally" cup your breasts in a frenzy of misogyny.
  • (16) Men – some of them – stand up when a woman enters the room, behaviour originating in medieval codes of chivalry.

Courtesy


Definition:

  • (n.) Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
  • (n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
  • (n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.
  • (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees.
  • (v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
  • (v. t.) To treat with civility.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Löw’s side became the first from Europe to claim the trophy on Latin American soil courtesy of Götze’s fine 113th-minute finish from André Schürrle’s delivery.
  • (2) Image: Courtesy of Pew Research Center The data also show why autocrats might have reason to fear open discussions in cyberspace.
  • (3) He takes a throw-in deep in United territory, from which the home side launch a counter-attack courtesy of Wayne Rooney.
  • (4) That, however, tells only part of the story of a night in which Chelsea went 2-0 ahead, courtesy of headed goals from Didier Drogba and John Terry, only for Napoli to respond via a peach of shot from Gokhan Inler.
  • (5) Of course, we had different political opinions but he never treated me with anything less than complete courtesy and I had profound respect for his integrity."
  • (6) The David Lynch limited-edition box set is available on Blu-ray and DVD from 4 June, courtesy of Universal Pictures
  • (7) Ms Williams's name will already be familiar to many gay rights campaigners courtesy of a memorable speech on same-sex relationships, in which she applauded Jamaica's criminalisation of what her sect considers a curable aberration, a diagnosis she did not hesitate to apply to Tom Daly.
  • (8) Here's as good a precis of this game so far as you'll read, courtesy of Matt Dony: "Watching this game is like flicking back and forth between, say, Barcelona vs Spain, and QPR vs Sunderland circa their last dalliance with the Premier League.
  • (9) Obligatory indie section is obligatory Yeah, but there was some good stuff in Microsoft's blipvert run-through of indie titles – all coming to the console courtesy of the ID@Xbox programme, which seeks to help smaller studios make and distribute games on the platform.
  • (10) His defence fell apart at a set piece, conceding a late goal when, courtesy of Jos Hooiveld's flick, Maya Yoshida headed James Ward-Prowse's free-kick beyond the impressive Vito Mannone.
  • (11) Violence may indeed be an instinct in Yemen, but so are courtesy and humour.
  • (12) He acknowledged that he and Burns have met senior executives at Five, but stressed: "We've met everyone out of courtesy".
  • (13) All three of those came from the penalty spot courtesy of Guardado, two on highly disputed calls.
  • (14) 90+2 min: Chile counter-attack courtesy of Mark Gonzalez, Alexis Sanchez and Matias Fernandez.
  • (15) Photograph: Courtesy of the family It’s been over a month since Fátima Avelica watched Ice agents, wearing uniforms stamped “POLICE”, handcuff and arrest her father, and the pain of that moment still lingers.
  • (16) Here, courtesy of Dazvid Hills always-excellent Said and Done column in the Observer, are some figures to bear in mind when considering your answer: £1.7bn: Current forecast for Fifa's overall profit from the World Cup , with all income from broadcasting, marketing and tickets channelled out of South Africa.
  • (17) "We understand that this is a sensitive issue for many in India and we are looking into the intake procedures surrounding this arrest to ensure that all standard procedures were followed and that every opportunity for courtesy was extended," Carney said at a briefing on Wednesday.
  • (18) Someone who can manage a 10%-plus deposit can fix for five years at 2.99% courtesy of West Bromwich building society.
  • (19) In other words, we’re meant to get diversity and responsiveness courtesy of monoliths.
  • (20) One of those changes, Joe Dodoo, 20, scored a hat-trick on his debut while Andrej Kramaric was on target too as Leicester progressed to the third round courtesy of a 4-1 win at Bury , for whom Danny Mayor scored.