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Fuming vs Frightened - What's the difference?

fuming | frightened |

As verbs the difference between fuming and frightened

is that fuming is while frightened is (frighten).

As adjectives the difference between fuming and frightened

is that fuming is that fumes while frightened is afraid; suffering from fear.

As a noun fuming

is the act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.

fuming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that fumes
  • very angry
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Kevin Core , title=Fulham 6 - 0 QPR , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The first Premier League hat-trick by a Fulham player was taken in fine style, but it also exposed a slack defensive display which left QPR manager Neil Warnock fuming on the sidelines.}}

    Derived terms

    * fuming sulphuric acid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.
  • * 1840 , The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register
    • He fumed, and threatened, and stormed; but his fumings , and threatenings, and stormings, were powerless to turn from him the keen edge of public ridicule.
  • * 1986 , John B. Sanford, The Waters of Darkness
    • And endlessly you'd read his fumings against the running dogs of capitalism, against the lackeys and the lumpen — and against you for being unable to collect a bill from his debtor.
  • * 1949 , New Brunswick Laboratory, Assayer's Guide
    • Evaporate, fume again, cool and wash down the sides of the beaker and watch glass, and then fume again. Your fumings are necessary to remove the cupferron decomposition products and nitric acid from the solution.

    frightened

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Afraid; suffering from fear.
  • *
    • 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, […].

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frighten)