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
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Bravery as a noun (usually, uncountable):
Being brave, courageousness.
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Bravery as a noun (countable):
A brave act.
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Bravery as a noun:
Splendor, magnificence
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Pluck as a verb (transitive):
To pull something sharply; to pull something out
Examples:
"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."
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Pluck as a verb (transitive):
To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
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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."
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Pluck as a verb (transitive):
To remove feathers from a bird.
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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."
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Pluck as a verb (transitive):
To play a string instrument pizzicato.
Examples:
"'Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."
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Pluck as a verb (intransitive):
To pull or twitch sharply.
Examples:
"to pluck at somebody's sleeve"
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Pluck as a verb (UK, universities):
To reject at an examination for degrees.
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Pluck as a noun:
An instance of plucking
Examples:
"Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck"
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Pluck as a noun:
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
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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."
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Pluck as a noun (AAVE, slang):
Cheap wine.