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Risks vs Threatens - What's the difference?

risks | threatens |

As verbs the difference between risks and threatens

is that risks is (risk) while threatens is (threaten).

As a noun risks

is .

risks

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (risk)
  • ----

    threatens

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (threaten)

  • threaten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
    He threatened me with a knife.
  • To menace, or be dangerous.
  • The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
  • To portend, or give a warning of.
  • The black clouds threatened heavy rain.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See