Threatens vs Threatened - What's the difference?
threatens | threatened |
(threaten)
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 To menace, or be dangerous.
To portend, or give a warning of.
(threaten)
(ecology, of a plant or animal) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
As verbs the difference between threatens and threatened
is that threatens is (threaten) while threatened is (threaten).As an adjective threatened is
(ecology|of a plant or animal) at risk of becoming endangered in the near future.threatens
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Verb
(head)threaten
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Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
- He threatened me with a knife.
- The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
- The black clouds threatened heavy rain.
