Scare vs Confront - What's the difference?
scare | confront |
A minor fright.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
* (The Langoliers)
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
To deal with.
To something bring face to face with.
To come up against; to encounter.
To engage in confrontation.
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
As verbs the difference between scare and confront
is that scare is to frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way while confront is to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.As a noun scare
is a minor fright.scare
English
Noun
(en noun)- Johnny had a bad scare last night.
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- JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.
Synonyms
* frightSee also
* scarecrowVerb
- Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
- The noise of thy crossbow / Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
- (Laurel Stevenson) Would you please be quiet? You're scaring the little girl.
- (Craig Toomey) Scaring the little girl?! Scaring the little girl?! Lady!
Synonyms
* frighten * terrify * See alsoDerived terms
* bird-scarer * Red scare * scarecrow * scared * scaredy-cat * scaremonger * scare out of one's wits * scarer * scare straight * scare the pants off ofAnagrams
* ----confront
English
Verb
(en verb)- We should confront him about the missing money.