Scare vs Terrorise - What's the difference?
scare | terrorise |
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.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
* (The Langoliers)
To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
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To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
As verbs the difference between scare and terrorise
is that scare is to frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way while terrorise is .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
* ----terrorise
English
Alternative forms
* terrorizeVerb
(terroris)- Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head…