Deter vs Terrify - What's the difference?
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To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
To menace or intimidate.
(obsolete) To make terrible.
As verbs the difference between deter and terrify
is that deter is to prevent something from happening while terrify is to frighten greatly; to fill with terror.deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise