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Fright vs Disquietude - What's the difference?

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Fright is a related term of disquietude.


As nouns the difference between fright and disquietude

is that fright is a state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm while disquietude is (uncountable) a state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.

As a verb fright

is (archaic) to frighten.

fright

English

Noun

(wikipedia fright)
  • A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2:
    • With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
  • Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
    • Her maids were old, and if she took a new one,
    You might be sure she was a perfect fright ;
    She did this during even her husband's life
    I recommend as much to every wife.

    Derived terms

    * fright wig

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) to frighten

    • disquietude

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
  • * :
    • but Mr Blifil said, he had received such positive and repeated orders from his uncle, never to keep any secret from him for fear of the disquietude which it might give him, that he durst not think of disobedience, whatever might be the consequence.
  • * 1795 , "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress , p. xiv:
    • He was at length called forth, and set apart by fasting and prayer to the ministerial office, which he executed with faithfulness and success during a long course of years; though frequently with the greatest trepidation and inward disquietude .
  • (countable) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
  • * 1813 , Laurence Sterne, The works of Laurence Sterne: with a life of the author , Volume 2, page 347:
    • The cares and disquietudes of the marriage-state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very great.