What's the difference between fearlessness and intrepidity?

Fearlessness


Definition:

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.

Intrepidity


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 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."
  • (2) The same intrepid, almost naive, fascination with a world shrouded in the icy fog of snobbery, deference, and class-consciousness animated Sampson.
  • (3) But the streets still have names such as Constitution Avenue and Intrepid Lane.
  • (4) From intrepid turtles to pioneering jellyfish, a host of animals have made their mark as the unsung heroes of space exploration.
  • (5) Clinton spent her preceding half-hour grilling on the Intrepid defending herself on her lax handling of classified information, a situation that a former navy lieutenant in the audience correctly observed would spell doom for a low-ranking service member.
  • (6) Pity the intrepid souls at Plastic Logic, who invented another reader, about to be launched any month now but which is ever so slightly, er, black and white.
  • (7) November In Mexico, the traditional Dia De Los Muertos festivities kicked off, and our intrepid reporter Kevin Rushby was there to capture the scenes.
  • (8) Once on the water, you have your way mapped out in the most unambiguous way, yet still feel intrepid.
  • (9) He was bright, intrepid, determined and full of character ... A very talented footballer and magnificent marine he had a lot to be proud of, yet I knew him to be an affable, generous, loyal and modest young man."
  • (10) It is particularly appropriate for an assemblage of protozoologists to pay homage to this intrepid "philosopher in little things," a man with an insatiable curiosity about his wee animalcules, on the tricentenary of his discovery of them, since it was an event of such long-lasting significance.
  • (11) He went down in the Hudson River abeam the Intrepid," he said, referring to a World War II-era aircraft carrier moored on the river as a museum.
  • (12) Fragments of medical information are recorded in the diaries of those early, intrepid explorers, such as Albert Cook, Henry Stanley, David Livingstone, and Albert Schweitzer.
  • (13) In recent years, some intrepid middle-class Indian and foreign expatriate cyclists have begun to brave Delhi's roads.
  • (14) In the meantime, however, the intrepid can play at being Indiana Jones at undeveloped sites on Phnom Kulen, and temple cities such as Beng Mealea and Koh Ker – and let their imaginations run wild.
  • (15) Ever since China reopened its doors to American releases in 1994, with the intrepid cultural ambassador that was The Fugitive, studios have fought hard to capture a fair share of the country's immense cinema audience, with artistic integrity often taking a back seat to the demands of a strict review board.
  • (16) Her literary path took her in the opposite direction to that of a fellow intrepid chronicler of the 20th century, JG Ballard .
  • (17) Supporters say they are the intrepid figureheads of a flourishing youth movement that is seeking an urgently-needed rupture with China’s authoritarian rulers.
  • (18) On MSNBC, he was asked if he had convinced his intrepid Iowan to vote for him in the state caucus, which kicks off the 2016 presidential contest on 1 February .
  • (19) The intrepid prehistoric hunter (Otzi) who was lost on a high mountain 5000 years ago and found last year was certainly an exception.
  • (20) In Poland, I remember Marta Krzystofowicz from those times as a graceful, intrepid conspirator for freedom.