scaremonger

As nouns the difference between peddler and scaremonger

is that peddler is an itinerant seller of small goods; a hawker while scaremonger is someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

As a verb scaremonger is

to spread worrying rumours.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and scaremonger

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while scaremonger is someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

As a verb scaremonger is

to spread worrying rumours.

As nouns the difference between scaremonger and scaremongerer

is that scaremonger is someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people while scaremongerer is a scaremonger; one who scaremongers.

As a verb scaremonger

is to spread worrying rumours.

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.