Phobia vs Xenophobia - What's the difference?
phobia | xenophobia |
An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
A fear of strangers or foreigners.
A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.
As nouns the difference between phobia and xenophobia
is that phobia is an irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular while xenophobia is a fear of strangers or foreigners.phobia
English
Noun
- I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.