The difference between Bravery and Pluck

When used as nouns, bravery means being brave, courageousness, whereas pluck means an instance of plucking.


Pluck is also verb with the meaning: to pull something sharply.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bravery and Pluck

  1. Bravery as a noun (usually, uncountable):

    Being brave, courageousness.

  2. Bravery as a noun (countable):

    A brave act.

  3. Bravery as a noun:

    Splendor, magnificence

  1. Pluck as a verb (transitive):

    To pull something sharply; to pull something out

    Examples:

    "She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."

  2. Pluck as a verb (transitive):

    To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

  3. Pluck as a verb (transitive, music):

    To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

    Examples:

    "Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."

  4. Pluck as a verb (transitive):

    To remove feathers from a bird.

  5. Pluck as a verb (transitive):

    To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

    Examples:

    "The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."

  6. Pluck as a verb (transitive):

    To play a string instrument pizzicato.

    Examples:

    "'Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."

  7. Pluck as a verb (intransitive):

    To pull or twitch sharply.

    Examples:

    "to pluck at somebody's sleeve"

  8. Pluck as a verb (UK, universities):

    To reject at an examination for degrees.

  1. Pluck as a noun:

    An instance of plucking

    Examples:

    "Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck"

  2. Pluck as a noun:

    The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.

  3. Pluck as a noun (informal):

    Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.

    Examples:

    "He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck."

  4. Pluck as a noun (AAVE, slang):

    Cheap wine.