pigeon-hearted vs recreant

pigeon-hearted

adj
  • timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted 

recreant

noun
  • Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor. 

adj
  • Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false. 

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