Afraid vs Affray - What's the difference?
afraid | affray |
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
(colloquial) regretful, sorry
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
To startle from quiet; to alarm.
* Chaucer
To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
* Shakespeare
As an adjective afraid
is impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.As a noun affray is
the act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.As a verb affray is
to startle from quiet; to alarm.afraid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He is afraid of death.
- He is afraid to die.
- He is afraid that he will die.
- I am afraid I can not help you in this matter .
Usage notes
* (term) expresses a lesser degree of fear than (terrified) or (frightened). It is often followed by the preposition (term) and the object of fear, or by an infinitive, or by a dependent clause, as shown in the examples above.Synonyms
* (Impressed with fear or apprehension) afeared, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, timorous * (Regretful) sorry * See alsoDerived terms
* 'fraid * afraidness * I'm afraid not * I'm afraid so * unafraidSee also
* fearStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----affray
English
Noun
(en noun)- The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.
Synonyms
* fray, brawl. * alarm, terror, fright.Verb
(en verb)- Smale foules a great heap / That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
- That voice doth us affray .
