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Revolting vs Frightening - What's the difference?

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Revolting is a related term of frightening.


As verbs the difference between revolting and frightening

is that revolting is while frightening is .

As adjectives the difference between revolting and frightening

is that revolting is which revolts or is repelling while frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.

As a noun revolting

is the action of the verb to revolt .

revolting

English

Verb

(head)
    • The peasants are revolting !

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to revolt .
  • * 1837 , The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
    • Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Which revolts or is repelling.
    • The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.

    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

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    Verb

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