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Frayed vs Worried - What's the difference?

frayed | worried |

As adjectives the difference between frayed and worried

is that frayed is unravelled, worn at the end or edge while worried is thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

As verbs the difference between frayed and worried

is that frayed is (fray) while worried is (worry).

frayed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unravelled, worn at the end or edge.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fray)

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    worried

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
    • She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

    Derived terms

    * unworried

    Verb

    (head)
  • (worry)

    • Derived terms

    * worriedly * worriedness

    Anagrams

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