Fear vs. Prejudice — What's the Difference?

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.

Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived (usually unfavourable) evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's perceived political affiliation, sex, gender, beliefs, values, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, complexion, beauty, height, occupation, wealth, education, criminality, sport-team affiliation, music tastes or other personal characteristics.The word "prejudice" can also refer to unfounded or pigeonholed beliefs and it may apply to "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence".

A very unpleasant or disturbing feeling caused by the presence or imminence of danger

The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions

A state or condition marked by this feeling

An adverse judgment or opinion formed unfairly or without knowledge of the facts

A feeling of disquiet or apprehension

Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular social group, such as a race or the adherents of a religion.

A reason for dread or apprehension

Detriment or harm caused to a person, especially in a legal case

Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a deity.

Preclusionary effect, preventing further pursuit of one's interests

To be afraid or frightened of

To fill with prejudice or cause to judge with prejudice

To be uneasy or apprehensive about

To affect detrimentally or harmfully by a judgment or act

To consider probable; expect

(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.

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

(countable) A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.

To be afraid

(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

To be uneasy or apprehensive

(obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.

(uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

(countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.

(transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).

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

(transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

Misspelling of prejudiced

(intransitive) To feel fear.

Foresight.

To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.

An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge.

(transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment.

(transitive) To regret.

Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

To cause fear to; to frighten.

To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.

To be anxious or solicitous for.

To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.

To suspect; to doubt.

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

(dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

Disadvantage by prejudice

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.

Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being.

That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.

To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.

To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.

To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for.

To suspect; to doubt.

To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.

To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

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

An anxious feeling;

A profound emotion inspired by a deity;

Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event;

Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;

Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement;

Be uneasy or apprehensive about;

Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of;