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Sickening vs Frightening - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between sickening and frightening

is that sickening is causing sickness or disgust while frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.

As verbs the difference between sickening and frightening

is that sickening is present participle of lang=en while frightening is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun sickening

is the act of making somebody sick.

sickening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing sickness or disgust.
  • Amazing, fantastic.

    • See also

    * loathsome * disgusting * abominable * detestable * hateful

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making somebody sick.
  • * 2010 , Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares
    • In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings . It is Boletus huronensis , and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.

    frightening

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
    • The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
  • (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

    • Synonyms

    *

    Verb

    (head)
    • The scientist was frightening the timid children.