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Frightened vs Frit - What's the difference?

frightened | frit |

As adjectives the difference between frightened and frit

is that frightened is afraid; suffering from fear while frit is (uk|dialect|lincolnshire) frightened.

As verbs the difference between frightened and frit

is that frightened is (frighten) while frit is to add to a glass or ceramic mixture.

As a noun frit is

a fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

frightened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Afraid; suffering from fear.
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  • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (frighten)
  • frit

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) fritte, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fused mixture of materials used to make glass
  • Verb

    (fritt)
  • To add to a glass or ceramic mixture
  • To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
  • (Ure)

    See also

    * frit away

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect, Lincolnshire) frightened
  • * 1983 April 19, [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher]:
  • The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit ? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it?

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