Adventurous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; — applied to persons. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Example sentence: My parents emphasized experiential learning - in my family, being adventurous was a sign of maturity.
Courageous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.Of an action, that requires courage.
Example sentence: People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'