Dread vs Scared - What's the difference?
dread | scared |
To fear greatly.
To anticipate with fear.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
To be in dread, or great fear.
* Bible, Deuteronomy i. 29
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
* Tillotson
* Shakespeare
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Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
* Bible, Genesis ix 2.
* Shakespeare
Somebody or something dreaded.
(obsolete) A person highly revered.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
A Rastafarian.
(chiefly, in the plural) dreadlock
Terrible; greatly feared.
(archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
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Having fear; afraid, frightened.
(scare)
As verbs the difference between dread and scared
is that dread is to fear greatly while scared is past tense of scare.As adjectives the difference between dread and scared
is that dread is terrible; greatly feared while scared is having fear; afraid, frightened.As a noun dread
is great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.dread
English
Verb
(en verb)- I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
- Day by day, hole by hole our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on as I used to do, I began to dread it.
- Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Derived terms
* dreadable * dreadworthyNoun
(en noun)- the secret dread of divine displeasure
- the dread of something after death
- The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.
- His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, / The attribute to awe and majesty, / Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
- Una, his dear dread
- (Spenser)