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Repellent vs Terrifying - What's the difference?

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Repellent is a related term of terrifying.


As adjectives the difference between repellent and terrifying

is that repellent is tending or able to repel; driving back while terrifying is frightening or intimidating.

As a noun repellent

is someone who repels.

As a verb terrifying is

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repellent

English

(wikipedia repellent)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • tending or able to repel; driving back
  • repulsive, inspiring aversion
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  • resistant or impervious to something

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who repels
  • a substance used to repel insects
  • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something

    • terrifying

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * terrifyingly

    Related terms

    * terrify * terror

    Verb

    (head)