Fear vs Will - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between fear and will

is that fear is regret while will is to bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

As nouns the difference between fear and will

is that fear is (uncountable: unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat while will is desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses..

As verbs the difference between fear and will

is that fear is to cause fear to; to frighten while will is to wish, desire.

As an adjective fear

is able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

As a proper noun Will is

a diminutive=William given name. Also used as a formal given name.

fear

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) feer, fere, fer, from (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) feren, from (etyl) , from the noun.

Noun

(lb) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

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Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear .

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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(lb) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

(lb) Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.

* Bible, (w)

I will put my fear in their hearts.

* Bible, (Psalms)

I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Synonyms

* , terror, fright * , anxiety, apprehension * (extreme veneration) awe, reverence, veneration * See also

Derived terms

* affear * fearful * fearless * fearmonger * fearnaught * fearsome * no fear

Verb

(en verb)

To cause fear to; to frighten.

* :

Thenne the knyghte sayd to syre Gawayn / bynde thy wounde or thy blee chaunge / for thou bybledest al thy hors and thy fayre armes // For who someuer is hurte with this blade he shalle neuer be staunched of bledynge / Thenne ansuerd gawayn hit greueth me but lytyl / thy grete wordes shalle not feare me ne lasse my courage

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.

(label) To feel fear about (something); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I greatly fear my money is not safe.

At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear —man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

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(lb) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

(lb) Regret.

(lb) To be anxious or solicitous for.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, thereforeI fear you.

(lb) To suspect; to doubt.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Fear you not her courage?

Synonyms

* be afraid of, be frightened of, be scared of, be terrorised/terrorized be * (venerate) be in awe of, revere, venerate

Derived terms

* fear not * God-fearing * never fear

Etymology 2

From (etyl) fere, feore, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

hale and fear

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will

English

(wikipedia will)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wille, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch wil, German Wille, Swedish vilja. The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 2, below.

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.

One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

Eventually I submitted to my parents' will .

(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:

I auow by this most sacred head / Of my deare foster child, to ease thy griefe, / And win thy will [...].

The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Most creatures have a will to live.

* {{quote-news

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A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne

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Usage notes

* Can be said to be strong, free, independent, etc.

Derived terms

* at will * wilful, willful * willpower * with a will

Verb

(archaic) To wish, desire.

* Bible, Matthew viii. 2

And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord if thou wilt , thou canst make me clean.

(intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

All the fans were willing their team to win the game.

* Shakespeare

They willed me say so, madam.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

Send for music, / And will the cooks to use their best of cunning / To please the palate.

To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.

Synonyms

* (bequeath) bequeath, leave

Etymology 2

From (etyl) willen, wullen, wollen, from (etyl) willan, .It is not always distinguishable from Etymology 1, above.

Verb

(rare) To wish, desire (something).

* 1944 , FJ Sheed, translating St. Augustine, Confessions :

Grant what Thou dost command, and command what Thou wilt .

(rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXVI:

the disciples cam to Jesus sayinge unto hym: where wylt thou that we prepare for the to eate the ester lambe?

see God's goodwill toward men, hear how generally his grace is proposed, to him, and him, and them, each man in particular, and to all. 1 Tim. ii. 4. "God will that all men be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth."

(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 28:

As young men will , I did my best to appear suave and sophisticated.

* 2009 , Stephen Bayley, The Telegraph , 24 Sep 09:

How telling is it that many women will volunteer for temporary disablement by wearing high heeled shoes that hobble them?

* 2011 , "Connubial bliss in America", The Economist :

So far neither side has scored a decisive victory, though each will occasionally claim one.

(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, formerly with some implication of volition when used in first person. Compare (shall).

* (rfdate) William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Or What You Will , act IV:

Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at my hand, help me to a candle, and pen, ink and paper : as I am a gentleman, I will live to be thankful to thee for’t.

* (rfdate) Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo , chapter LXXIII:

“I will' rejoin you, and we ' will fly ; but from this moment until then, let us not tempt Providence, Morrel; let us not see each other; it is a miracle, it is a providence that we have not been discovered; if we were surprised, if it were known that we met thus, we should have no further resource.”

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.

Usage notes

* Historically, will' was used in the simple future sense only in the second and third person, while ''shall'' was used in the first person. Today, that distinction is almost entirely lost, and the verb takes the same form in all persons and both numbers. Similarly, in the intent sense, '''will was historically used with the second and third person, while ''shall was reserved for the first person. * Historically, the present tense is will' and the past tense is '''would'''. Early Modern English had a past participle ' would which is now obsolete. :: Malory, ‘Many tymes he myghte haue had her and he had wold’ ; John Done, ‘If hee had would, hee might easily [...] occupied the Monarchy.’ * Formerly, will could be used elliptically for "will go" — e.g. "I'll to her lodgings" (Marlowe). * See the usage note at shall . * The present participle does not apply to the uses of will as an auxiliary verb.

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