Sacre vs Fright - What's the difference?
sacre | fright |
(obsolete) To consecrate
* c.1382-1395 , , Exodus 28:41,
* 1885 , ,
* 1911 , Aix-la-Chapelle'', article in '' ,
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2:
Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
As verbs the difference between sacre and fright
is that sacre is while fright is (archaic) to frighten.As an adjective sacre
is sacred, holy or sacre can be related to sacrum.As a noun fright is
a state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.sacre
English
Verb
(en-verb)- And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.
- And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
- From the coronation of Louis the Pious in 813 until that of Ferdinand I. in 1531 the sacring of the German kings took place at Aix, and as many as thirty-two emperors and kings were here crowned.
Anagrams
* ----fright
English
Noun
(wikipedia fright)- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
- Her maids were old, and if she took a new one,
- You might be sure she was a perfect fright ;
- She did this during even her husband's life
- I recommend as much to every wife.