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Terrifying vs Thrilling - What's the difference?

terrifying | thrilling |

As adjectives the difference between terrifying and thrilling

is that terrifying is frightening or intimidating while thrilling is causing the feeling of a sudden excitement.

As verbs the difference between terrifying and thrilling

is that terrifying is present participle of lang=en while thrilling is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun thrilling is

a thrill.

terrifying

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Frightening or intimidating.
  • Of a formidable nature; terrific

    • Derived terms

    * terrifyingly

    Related terms

    * terrify * terror

    Verb

    (head)

    • thrilling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing the feeling of a sudden excitement.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thrill.
  • * (William Hope Hodgson), The Night Land
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