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Scared vs Eerie - What's the difference?

scared | eerie |

As adjectives the difference between scared and eerie

is that scared is having fear; afraid, frightened while eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

As a verb scared

is (scare).

scared

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having fear; afraid, frightened.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scare)

    • Anagrams

    *

    eerie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eery

    Adjective

    (er)
  • strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
    • The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
  • (Scotland) fearful, timid.
  • * 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
    • She began to feel eerie .

    Synonyms

    * See also * creepy, spooky

    Derived terms

    * eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisome