Awe vs Affright - What's the difference?
awe | affright | Related terms |
A feeling of fear and reverence.
A feeling of amazement.
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To inspire fear and reverence in.
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To control by inspiring dread.
Awe is a related term of affright.
As nouns the difference between awe and affright
is that awe is a feeling of fear and reverence while affright is great fear, terror, fright.As verbs the difference between awe and affright
is that awe is to inspire fear and reverence in while affright is to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright.awe
English
Noun
(-)- For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.
citation, passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
