Fear vs. Scar — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fear and Scar
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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.
Scar
A scar is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs and tissues of the body.
Fear
A very unpleasant or disturbing feeling caused by the presence or imminence of danger
Our fears intensified as the storm approached.
Scar
A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.
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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Scar
A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical
Nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.
Fear
A feeling of disquiet or apprehension
A fear of looking foolish.
Scar
(Botany) A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
Fear
A reason for dread or apprehension
Being alone is my greatest fear.
Scar
A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.
Fear
Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a deity.
Scar
A protruding isolated rock.
Fear
To be afraid or frightened of
A boy who fears spiders.
Scar
A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.
Fear
To be uneasy or apprehensive about
We all feared what we would see when the grades were posted.
Scar
To mark with a scar.
Fear
To consider probable; expect
I fear you are wrong. I fear I have bad news for you.
Scar
To leave lasting signs of damage on
A wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.
Fear
To revere or be in awe of (a deity, for example).
Scar
To form a scar
The pustule healed and scarred.
Fear
To be afraid
Your injury is minor. Don't fear.
Scar
To become scarred
Delicate skin that scars easily.
Fear
To be uneasy or apprehensive
We fear for the future of the business.
Scar
A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
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.
Scar
A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
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.
Scar
Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
Fear
(uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
Scar
A cliff or rock outcrop.
Fear
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
I fear the worst will happen.
Scar
A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
Fear
(intransitive) To feel fear.
Never fear; help is always near.
Scar
A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
Fear
To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
She fears for her son’s safety.
Scar
A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
Fear
(transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.
Scar
(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
Fear
(transitive) To regret.
I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.
Scar
(intransitive) To form a scar.
Fear
To cause fear to; to frighten.
Scar
To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.
Fear
To be anxious or solicitous for.
Scar
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.
This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body.
Fear
To suspect; to doubt.
Scar
A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.
Fear
(dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
Hale and fear
Scar
An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.
Fear
A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
Scar
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
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.
Scar
To mark with a scar or scars.
Yet I'll not shed her blood;Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
His cheeks were deeply scarred.
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.
Scar
To form a scar.
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.
Scar
A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
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.
Scar
An indication of damage
Fear
To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.
Scar
Mark with a scar;
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
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.
Fear
To suspect; to doubt.
Ay what else, fear you not her courage?
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.
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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