Spoke vs Scare - What's the difference?
spoke | scare |
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
(nautical) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A rung of a ladder.
A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
(speak)
A minor fright.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 4
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland
, work=BBC
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
* (The Langoliers)
As nouns the difference between spoke and scare
is that spoke is a ghost (spirit appearing after death) while scare is a minor fright.As a verb scare is
to frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.spoke
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) spacaNoun
(wikipedia spoke) (en noun)Verb
(spok)Etymology 2
Verb
(head)Statistics
*scare
English
Noun
(en noun)- Johnny had a bad scare last night.
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- JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.
Synonyms
* frightSee also
* scarecrowVerb
- Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
- The noise of thy crossbow / Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
- (Laurel Stevenson) Would you please be quiet? You're scaring the little girl.
- (Craig Toomey) Scaring the little girl?! Scaring the little girl?! Lady!