Horrify vs Scare - What's the difference?
horrify | scare |
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
A minor fright.
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A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
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As verbs the difference between horrify and scare
is that horrify is to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror while scare is to frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.As a noun scare is
a minor fright.horrify
English
Verb
- The haunted house was horrifying , from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.
Synonyms
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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!