The difference between Audacious and Shy

When used as adjectives, audacious means showing willingness to take bold risks, whereas shy means easily frightened.


Shy is also noun with the meaning: an act of throwing.

Shy is also verb with the meaning: to avoid due to timidness or caution.

check bellow for the other definitions of Audacious and Shy

  1. Audacious as an adjective:

    Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

  2. Audacious as an adjective:

    Impudent.

  1. Shy as an adjective:

    Easily frightened; timid.

  2. Shy as an adjective:

    Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

    Examples:

    "He is very shy with strangers."

  3. Shy as an adjective:

    Cautious; wary; suspicious.

  4. Shy as an adjective (informal):

    Short, insufficient or less than.

    Examples:

    "By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount."

    "It is just shy of a mile from here to their house."

  5. Shy as an adjective:

    Embarrassed.

  1. Shy as a verb (intransitive):

    To avoid due to timidness or caution.

    Examples:

    "I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."

  2. Shy as a verb (intransitive):

    To jump back in fear.

    Examples:

    "The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse."

  3. Shy as a verb (transitive):

    to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

    Examples:

    "to shy a stone; to shy a slipper"

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  1. Shy as a noun:

    An act of throwing.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Thackeray"

  2. Shy as a noun:

    A place for throwing.

    Examples:

    "coconut shy"

  3. Shy as a noun:

    A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

  4. Shy as a noun:

    In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.