Difference between Dastard and Cowardly

What is the difference between Dastard and Cowardly?

Dastard as an adjective is meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly while Cowardly as an adjective is showing cowardice. lacking in courage, unacceptably fearful, usually meant with some implication of a lack of consideration for others.

Dastard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A malicious coward.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly

Cowardly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In the manner of a coward.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Showing cowardice. Lacking in courage, unacceptably fearful, usually meant with some implication of a lack of consideration for others.

Example sentence: The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

We hope you now know whether to use Dastard or Cowardly in your sentence.

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