Austere vs Intimidating - What's the difference?
austere | intimidating |
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
As adjectives the difference between austere and intimidating
is that austere is grim or severe in manner or appearance while intimidating is threatening.As a verb intimidating is
present participle of lang=en.austere
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.