Starier vs Scarier - What's the difference?
starier | scarier |
(starey)
(stary)
by staring.
*
(scary)
Causing or able to cause fright
(US, colloquial, dated) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
* 1916 , Texas Department of Agriculture, Bulletin (issues 47-57), page 150:
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
As adjectives the difference between starier and scarier
is that starier is (starey) while scarier is (scary).starier
English
Adjective
(head)starey
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Adjective
(er)scarier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*scary
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)- The tiger's jaws were scary.
- She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
- (Whittier)
- And let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare.