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Alarming vs Alert - What's the difference?

alarming | alert |

As a verb alarming

is .

As an adjective alarming

is causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

As a proper noun alert is

the northernmost inhabited place in nunavut, canada.

alarming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening

    • Anagrams

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    alert

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attentive; awake; on guard.
  • (obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
  • * Addison
    • an alert young fellow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm.
  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give warning to.

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