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Fear vs. Doubt — What's the Difference?

Fear vs. Doubt — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fear and Doubt

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Fear

Fear is an emotion induced by the perception or recognition of phenomena which can pose a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes and therefore may produce behavioral changes, such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat.

Doubt

Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, unable to be certain of any of them. Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief.

Fear

A very unpleasant or disturbing feeling caused by the presence or imminence of danger
Our fears intensified as the storm approached.

Doubt

A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
Some doubt has been cast upon the authenticity of this account
They had doubts that they would ever win

Fear

A state or condition marked by this feeling
Living in constant fear of attack.
Saved as much as he could for fear of losing his job.
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Doubt

Feel uncertain about
I doubt my ability to do the job
I doubt if anyone slept that night

Fear

A feeling of disquiet or apprehension
A fear of looking foolish.

Doubt

Fear; be afraid
I doubt not any ones contradicting this Journal

Fear

A reason for dread or apprehension
Being alone is my greatest fear.

Doubt

To be undecided or skeptical about
Began to doubt some accepted doctrines.

Fear

Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a deity.

Doubt

To tend to disbelieve; distrust
Doubts politicians when they make sweeping statements.

Fear

To be afraid or frightened of
A boy who fears spiders.

Doubt

To regard as unlikely
I doubt that we'll arrive on time.

Fear

To be uneasy or apprehensive about
We all feared what we would see when the grades were posted.

Doubt

(Archaic) To suspect; fear.

Fear

To consider probable; expect
I fear you are wrong. I fear I have bad news for you.

Doubt

To be undecided or skeptical.

Fear

To revere or be in awe of (a deity, for example).

Doubt

The state of being uncertain about the truth or reliability of something.

Fear

To be afraid
Your injury is minor. Don't fear.

Doubt

Often doubts A feeling of uncertainty or distrust
Had doubts about his ability.

Fear

To be uneasy or apprehensive
We fear for the future of the business.

Doubt

A point about which one is uncertain or skeptical
Reassured me by answering my doubts.

Fear

(uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.

Doubt

The condition of being unsettled or unresolved
An outcome still in doubt.

Fear

(countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
Not everybody has the same fears.
I have a fear of ants.

Doubt

(ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
He doubted that was really what you meant.
I had no wish to go, though I doubt if they would have noticed me even if I had.

Fear

(uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.

Doubt

To harbour suspicion about; suspect.

Fear

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
I fear the worst will happen.

Doubt

To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.

Fear

(intransitive) To feel fear.
Never fear; help is always near.

Doubt

To fill with fear; to affright.

Fear

To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
She fears for her son’s safety.

Doubt

To dread, to fear.

Fear

(transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.

Doubt

Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.
I have doubts about how to convert this code to JavaScript.

Fear

(transitive) To regret.
I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.

Doubt

A point of uncertainty; a query.

Fear

To cause fear to; to frighten.

Doubt

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment.
To try your love and make you doubt of mine.

Fear

To be anxious or solicitous for.

Doubt

To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.

Fear

To suspect; to doubt.

Doubt

To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
To admire superior sense, and doubt their own!
I doubt not that however changed, you keepSo much of what is graceful.
We doubt not nowBut every rub is smoothed on our way.

Fear

(dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
Hale and fear

Doubt

To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God.
I doubt some foul play.
That I of doubted danger had no fear.

Fear

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

Doubt

To fill with fear; to affright.
The virtues of the valiant CaratachMore doubt me than all Britain.

Fear

A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us.
Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

Doubt

A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know.
Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty (which can never exist in any question of fact) but a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance of quilt.

Fear

Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being.
I will put my fear in their hearts.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear.

Doubt

Uncertainty of condition.
Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee.

Fear

That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was.
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise.

Doubt

Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
I stand in doubt of you.
Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt.

Fear

To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.

Doubt

Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
To every doubt your answer is the same.

Fear

To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.

Doubt

The state of being unsure of something

Fear

To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for.
The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you.

Doubt

Uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something;
The dubiousness of his claim
There is no question about the validity of the enterprise

Fear

To suspect; to doubt.
Ay what else, fear you not her courage?

Doubt

Consider unlikely or have doubts about;
I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage

Fear

To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
Fear their people from doing evil.
Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.

Doubt

Lack confidence in or have doubts about;
I doubt these reports
I suspect her true motives
She distrusts her stepmother

Fear

To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
I exceedingly fear and quake.

Fear

An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

Fear

An anxious feeling;
Care had aged him
They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction

Fear

A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God

Fear

Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event;
I fear she might get aggressive

Fear

Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;
I fear the winters in Moscow
We should not fear the Communists!

Fear

Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement;
I fear I won't make it to your wedding party

Fear

Be uneasy or apprehensive about;
I fear the results of the final exams

Fear

Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of;
Fear God as your father
We venerate genius

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