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Scared vs Scarred - What's the difference?

scared | scarred |

As verbs the difference between scared and scarred

is that scared is past tense of scare while scarred is past tense of scar.

As an adjective scared

is having fear; afraid, frightened.

scared

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scare)

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    scarred

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scar)

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    scar

    English

    (wikipedia scar)

    Etymology 1

    Conflation of (etyl) . More at shard.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
    • Synonyms
    * cicatrice

    Verb

    (scarr)
  • To mark the skin permanently.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
  • To form a scar.
  • (figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
    • Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.

    Derived terms

    * scar tissue

    See also

    * birthmark

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sker.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cliff.
  • A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.
    • (Webster 1913)

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