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Hazardous vs Menacing - What's the difference?

hazardous | menacing |

As adjectives the difference between hazardous and menacing

is that hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard while menacing is suggesting imminent harm.

As a verb menacing is

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As a noun menacing is

the act of making menaces or threats.

hazardous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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  • (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
  • Of or involving chance.

    • Derived terms

    * hazardously * ultrahazardous

    menacing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suggesting imminent harm.
  • Threatening.

    • Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making menaces or threats.
  • * (William Cobbett)
    • They remember his subornings, menacings , bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.