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Nauseating vs Frightening - What's the difference?

nauseating | frightening | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between nauseating and frightening

is that nauseating is causing disgust, revulsion or loathing while frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.

As a verb frightening is

present participle of lang=en.

nauseating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • causing nausea

    • Synonyms

    * nauseous

    See also

    * nauseated

    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.