Scare vs Deterrence - What's the difference?
scare | deterrence |
A minor fright.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
* (The Langoliers)
The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred
Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action
The art of producing in one's enemy the fear to attack
As nouns the difference between scare and deterrence
is that scare is a minor fright while deterrence is the act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.As a verb scare
is to frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.scare
English
Noun
(en noun)- Johnny had a bad scare last night.
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- JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.
Synonyms
* frightSee also
* scarecrowVerb
- Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
- The noise of thy crossbow / Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
- (Laurel Stevenson) Would you please be quiet? You're scaring the little girl.
- (Craig Toomey) Scaring the little girl?! Scaring the little girl?! Lady!