Alarming vs Concerning - What's the difference?
alarming | concerning |
Causing concern; worrisome.
(obsolete) important
* South
Regarding, respecting.
* Bible, Numbers x. 29
That which one is concerned in; one's business.
* William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
As verbs the difference between alarming and concerning
is that alarming is present participle of lang=en while concerning is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between alarming and concerning
is that alarming is causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening while concerning is causing concern; worrisome.As a preposition concerning is
regarding, respecting.As a noun concerning is
that which one is concerned in; one's business.concerning
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So great and so concerning truth.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.