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Horrify vs Terrifying - What's the difference?

horrify | terrifying |

As verbs the difference between horrify and terrifying

is that horrify is to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror while terrifying is .

As an adjective terrifying is

frightening or intimidating.

horrify

English

Verb

  • To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
  • The haunted house was horrifying , from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

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    terrifying

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Frightening or intimidating.
  • Of a formidable nature; terrific
  • Derived terms

    * terrifyingly

    Verb

    (head)