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Frightening vs Disturbing - What's the difference?

frightening | disturbing |

As adjectives the difference between frightening and disturbing

is that frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary while disturbing is causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

As verbs the difference between frightening and disturbing

is that frightening is present participle of lang=en while disturbing is present participle of lang=en.

frightening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
    • The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
  • (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
    • The scientist was frightening the timid children.

    disturbing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing .}}

    Verb

    (head)