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Frightening vs Horror - What's the difference?

frightening | horror |

As an adjective frightening

is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.

As a verb frightening

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun horror is

an intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.

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

    *

    Verb

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

    horror

    English

    Alternative forms

    * horrour

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.
  • An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”}}
  • A genre of fiction, meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year = 1898 , date = July 3 , newspaper = Philadelphia Inquirer , page = 22 , passage = The Home Magazine for July (Binghamton and New York) contains ‘The Patriots' War Chant,’ a poem by Douglas Malloch; ‘The Story of the War,’ by Theodore Waters; ‘A Horseman in the Sky,’ by Ambrose Bierce, with a portrait of Mr. Bierce, whose tales of horror are horrible of themselves, not as war is horrible; ‘A Yankee Hero,’ by W. L. Calver; ‘The Warfare of the Future,’ by Louis Seemuller; ‘Florence Nightingale,’ by Susan E. Dickenson, with two rare portraits, etc. }}
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year = 1917 , date = February 11 , newspaper = New York Times , section = Book reviews , page = 52 , passage = Those who enjoy horror , stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’ }}
  • * 1947 , re-release poster, tagline:
  • A Nightmare of Horror !
  • (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors .
  • Derived terms

    * horror movie * psychological horror * survival horror

    Synonyms

    * nightmare