Scaremonger vs Fearmonger - What's the difference?
scaremonger | fearmonger | Synonyms |
Someone who spreads fear, or needlessly raises the alarm.
* I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.'' — , ''
Fearmonger is a synonym of scaremonger.
As nouns the difference between scaremonger and fearmonger
is that scaremonger is someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people while fearmonger is someone who spreads fear, or needlessly raises the alarm.As verbs the difference between scaremonger and fearmonger
is that scaremonger is to spread worrying rumours while fearmonger is to spread fear.fearmonger
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(en noun)Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04
