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Difference Between Sangfroid and Sanguine

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Sangfroid

Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances.

Sanguine

Sanguine () or red chalk is chalk of a reddish-brown colour, so called because it resembles the colour of dried blood. It has been popular for centuries for drawing (where white chalk only works on coloured paper).

Sangfroid

Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid.

Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy
The committee takes a more sanguine view

Sanguine

Blood-red.
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Sanguine

Bloody or bloodthirsty.

Sanguine

A blood-red colour.

Sanguine

Cheerfully confident; optimistic
Sanguine about the prospects for an improved economy.

Sanguine

At ease; accepting
"Deborah was generally sanguine about the women in Franklin's life" (Walter Isaacson).

Sanguine

Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
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Sanguine

Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.

Sanguine

Of the color of blood; red.

Sanguine

Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy
A sanguine complexion.

Sanguine

(literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red.

Sanguine

Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.

Sanguine

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
A sanguine bodily temperament

Sanguine

Warm; ardent.
A sanguine temper

Sanguine

Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.
I'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project.

Sanguine

(archaic) Full of blood; bloody.

Sanguine

(archaic) Bloodthirsty.

Sanguine

Blood colour; red.

Sanguine

Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.

Sanguine

(tincture) A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).

Sanguine

Bloodstone.

Sanguine

Red crayon.

Sanguine

To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.

Sanguine

Having the color of blood; red.
Of his complexion he was sanguine.
Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.

Sanguine

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

Sanguine

Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

Sanguine

Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition.

Sanguine

Blood color; red.

Sanguine

Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
In sanguine and in pes he clad was all.

Sanguine

Bloodstone.

Sanguine

Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

Sanguine

To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Sanguine

Confidently optimistic and cheerful

Sanguine

Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life;
A ruddy complexion
Santa's rubicund cheeks
A fresh and sanguine complexion

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