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Squeamish vs Fortitude - What's the difference?

squeamish | fortitude |

As an adjective squeamish

is easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous.

As a noun fortitude is

mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

squeamish

English

Alternative forms

* sweamish, swaimish (dialectal) * squeimish, squemish, squeamous (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous
    • He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.

    fortitude

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
  • * 1612 , , King Henry VIII , act 3, sc. 2:
    • . . . I am able now, methinks,
    Out of a fortitude of soul I feel,
    To endure more miseries.
  • * , ch. 1:
    • I shall soon have need for all my fortitude , as I am on the point of separation from my own daughter.
  • * 1906 , , The Mirror of the Sea , ch. 21:
    • She may be saved by your efforts, by your resource and fortitude bearing up against the heavy weight of guilt and failure.
  • * 2012 Jan. 30, , " The Strategist," Time :
    • Mitt Romney . . . charges that Obama is an appeaser who apologizes for America, lacks fortitude and is "tentative, indecisive, timid and nuanced."
  • (archaic) Physical strength.
  • * 1604 , , Othello , act 1, sc. 3:
    • DUKE OF VENICE: The Turk with a most mighty preparation makes for
    Cyprus. Othello, the fortitude of the place is best
    known to you.

    Synonyms

    * (mental or emotional strength) inner strength, moxie, resolve