What's the difference between fearless and likable?

Fearless


Definition:

  • (a.) Free from fear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She rather fearlessly implied that "women who make lots of money from illicit sex" should forfeit the right to freedom of expression.
  • (2) They are fearless because there are so many of them."
  • (3) He was a lateral and fearless thinker for whom the presentation of ideas was like a game of intellectual charades, with a few clues as to the meaning of the work thrown in every now and again.
  • (4) I mean he did thousands of songs and obviously he didn’t get every single thing right, but he was fearless.
  • (5) Fearless and independent Ethics Committees have considerable influence on both the design and implementation of clinical research, and on the topics of allowable research in which infants and children will be involved.
  • (6) He was fearless and driven, creating music quickly, and without ever stopping to wonder whether his push for new sounds would alienate his audience."
  • (7) She travelled to the UK three times in 2009, the year her second album, Fearless, became the biggest seller in the US.
  • (8) In a memo to AP staff, AP President Gary Pruitt remembered Niedringhaus as "spirited, intrepid and fearless, with a raucous laugh that we will always remember."
  • (9) "The events of July 2011 [when the Guardian reported that Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked by the News of the World] have demonstrated that vigorous and fearless responsible journalism is vital for public interest.
  • (10) "The further away from the road the more fearless the chimps got," he added.
  • (11) Wesley Snipes is fearless Facebook Twitter Pinterest The actor elicited as many gasps as he did laughs in introducing Lee while speaking in a put-on thick African accent.
  • (12) Hillary Clinton stands for everything I admire and everything I want to be – compassionate, fearless, sincere,” said Biira, who now works at Heifer International.
  • (13) In a letter to the director general, Tony Hall, coordinated by Labour’s Pat McFadden, a cross-party group of MPs and MEPs calls on the corporation to “resist attempts at political interference”, and “report fearlessly and impartially” on the negotiations as Britain leaves the European Union .
  • (14) He has shown giant dignity, and like all of us he may not be faultless but he's certainly fearless.
  • (15) Yet this impression of youthful fearlessness is a little deceptive.
  • (16) I speak only for myself when I say I am adventurous, independent, and perhaps a little too fearless sometimes.
  • (17) That such a popular drama does this so fearlessly is rather magnificent.
  • (18) Good-looking and apparently fearless, he would swoop in to visit German troops in Afghanistan looking like an extra from Top Gun in aviator shades, flight suit and desert boots.
  • (19) I felt at home in the journalistic tribe and encouraged by the apparent fearlessness with which they expressed their opinions.
  • (20) I would want them to know that they too need to be bold, courageous and fearless, just as everybody else, male or female, who defied the odds to follow their dreams.

Likable


Definition:

  • (a.) Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Prosocial behavior mediated the relations of gender and expressed emotions with likability (i.e., gender and expressed emotions were each related to prosocial behavior, and prosocial behavior was related to likability, but neither gender nor expressed emotions were related to likability with prosocial behavior partialled out).
  • (2) Eye-to-eye, the bumbling bonhomie appeared to be a lacquer of likability over a living obelisk of corporate power.
  • (3) I distinctly recall thinking that he was one of the most likable adults I had thus far encountered.
  • (4) Measures of likability, emotion knowledge, prosocial and aggressive behavior, peer competence, and expressed emotions (happy and angry) were obtained for 65 subjects (mean age = 44 months).
  • (5) As women become more successful, they're perceived as less likable; for men, it's the opposite.
  • (6) As expected, actors who had a good reputation or were remorseful were seen as more likable, as having better motives, as doing the damage unintentionally, as more sorry and as less blameworthy.
  • (7) Why is Adele so robustly likable, while the equally successful Taylor Swift often comes across like a wounded deer?
  • (8) Like most of the characters he has played, Bateman can get away with saying terrible things but still be incredibly likable.
  • (9) Analysis using Roter's coding scheme suggests that faculty scored students on the basis of likability rather than specific behavioral skills, limiting their ability to provide behaviorally specific feedback.
  • (10) This desire to play likable guys incurred the dislike of some critics, who found Williams' film CV too dependent on these secular saints.
  • (11) Dentist perceptions of patient sophistication and anxiety were related to several patient characteristics, but perceptions of patient likability were unrelated to patient personal and social characteristics.
  • (12) Edward the professor is likable and trustworthy, but what the party needs more of is Evangelical Ed.
  • (13) Groups of untrained judges viewed the tapes and rated their impressions of the subjects on scales of likability, speaking effectiveness, and expressivity-confidence.
  • (14) Only the female children of schizophrenics were viewed as less likable than controls.
  • (15) But although his likability, proven persistence and enforced gravitas will hold him in good stead as he embarks upon a road much harder than the one he's already travelled, he has a lot more to prove.
  • (16) Pratt got happy and fat, acknowledging that being big made the character more likable.
  • (17) PEI Aggression and Withdrawal scores were more stable in grades 3 and 5 than in grade 1, and the Likability factor was more stable in grades 2 to 5 than in grade 1.
  • (18) Finally, whereas the aggressive character was low in likability at all grades, the withdrawn character was viewed as increasingly less likable as grade increased.
  • (19) However, they were not very accurate at discerning which partners perceived them as most competent or most likable across all interactions (person accuracy).
  • (20) The comments were positive, and lovely, my “voice” being described as warm or approachable; down to earth and likable.