Difference between Cowardly and Faint

COWARDLY vs FAINT: NOUN

A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
The act of fainting.
An abrupt, usually brief loss of consciousness, generally associated with failure of normal blood circulation.
The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See fainting, n.
The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
A fainting-fit; a swoon.
Plural The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky, the former being called the strong, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fetid essential oil (fusel-oil); it is therefore very unwholesome, and must be purified by rectification.
One of the colored lines (usually pale) on writing-paper.

Showing cowardice. Lacking in courage, unacceptably fearful, usually meant with some implication of a lack of consideration for others.
Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base.
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Exhibiting the characteristics of a coward, particularly ignoble fear.

Small in degree or amount; meager.
So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
Lacking clarity or distinctness
Indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage
Weak and likely to lose consciousness
Lacking conviction, boldness, or courage; timid.
Barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
Lacking strength or vigor
Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak.
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon.
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed.”
Done with little strength or vigor; feeble.
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak.
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight

Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of a suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).

To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See fainting, n.
To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
To weaken in purpose or spirit.
To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.
To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Lacking courage
Synonyms Dastardly, craven, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted.
Proceeding from fear of danger or harm; mean; base; befitting a coward: as, a cowardly action.
Wanting courage to face danger, or to incur harm or pain; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous.
In the manner of a coward; dishonorably; basely.

Weak by reason of smallness or slenderness; small; slender.
Having an intense feeling of weakness or exhaustion; inclined to swoon: as, faint with hunger; faint and sore with travel.
Having little courage; cowardly; timorous.
Having little spirit or animation; dispirited; dejected; depressed.
Having or showing little force or earnestness; not forcible or vigorous; not active; wanting strength, energy, or heartiness: as, a faint resistance; a faint exertion.
Feigned; simulated.
To make faint; weaken; depress; dishearten; deject.
Having little clearness or distinctness; hardly perceptible by or feebly affecting the senses; indistinct; deficient in brightness, vividness, or clearness, loudness, sharpness, or force; not well defined; feeble; dim: as, a faint light; a faint color; a faint resemblance.
To become faint, weak, or exhausted in body; fail in strength or vigor; languish; droop; especially, to fall into a swoon; lose sensation and consciousness; swoon: sometimes with away.
To become weak in spirit; lose spirit or courage; sink into dejection; despond; droop.
To become faint to the view; become gradually dim or indistinct; fade; vanish.
Deficient in magnitude
Oppressive: applied to the atmosphere.
Barely perceptible

Funky, Faint, Yellow, Cringing, Fearful, Fainthearted, Cowering, Poltroon, Timid, Unmanly, Pusillanimous, Dastard, Dastardly, Craven, Coward

Shadowy, Ill, Conk, Fainthearted, Fearful, Light, Timid, Syncope, Vague, Weak, Perceptible, Indistinct, Feeble, Wispy, Dim

Funky, Faint, Yellow, Cringing, Fearful, Fainthearted, Cowering, Poltroon, Timid, Unmanly, Pusillanimous, Dastard, Dastardly, Craven, Coward

Swooning, Shadowy, Ill, Fainthearted, Fearful, Light, Timid, Syncope, Vague, Weak, Perceptible, Indistinct, Feeble, Wispy, Dim

EA its definitely not for the faint hearted.
The faint docking bay lights went completely dark.
The faint of heart should turn away now.
And law is not for the faint hearted.
The strokes now faint now clear as if carried by the wind but not a breath and the cries now faint now clear.
There seems to be a faint light at the end of the western path, while the eastern path yields a faint scratching sound.
He heard only the faint susurrance of the breeze against the eaves and the faint rustle of the nearby brush.
This episode is DEFINITELY not for the faint of heart or the faint of barfing.
Smells like a nice, smooth gin with tonic water, a little lime and some faint faint juniper or maybe rosemary.
Os felly, dywedir wrthych faint fyddwch yn ei gael ac am faint.