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Shocking vs Gory - What's the difference?

shocking | gory | Related terms |

Shocking is a related term of gory.


As nouns the difference between shocking and gory

is that shocking is the application of an electric shock while gory is .

As an adjective shocking

is inspiring shock; startling.

As a verb shocking

is .

shocking

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Inspiring shock; startling
  • Unusually obscene or lewd
  • (colloquial) Extremely bad

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    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of an electric shock.
  • * 2005 , Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
    • We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings , beatings, brandings,

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    gory

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • covered with blood, very bloody
  • unpleasant

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