Fear vs. Trust

Fearnoun

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

‘He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.’;

Trustnoun

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

‘He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.’;

Fearnoun

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

‘Not everybody has the same fears.’; ‘I have a fear of ants.’;

Trustnoun

Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

Fearnoun

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

Trustnoun

Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.

‘I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.’;

Fearverb

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

‘I fear the worst will happen.’;

Trustnoun

That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.

Fearverb

(intransitive) To feel fear (about something).

‘Never fear; help is always near.’; ‘She fears for her son’s safety.’;

Trustnoun

That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

Fearverb

(transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

‘People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.’;

Trustnoun

(rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

Fearverb

(transitive) Regret.

‘I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.’;

Trustnoun

The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

Fearverb

To cause fear to; to frighten.

Trustnoun

(legal) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.

‘I put the house into my sister's trust.’;

Fearverb

To be anxious or solicitous for.

Trustnoun

(legal) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another.

Fearverb

To suspect; to doubt.

Trustnoun

A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.

Fearadjective

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

‘hale and fear’;

Trustnoun

(computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.

Fearnoun

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

Trustverb

(transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.

‘We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.’; ‘In God We Trust - written on denominations of US currency’;

Fearnoun

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.’;

Trustverb

(transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Fearnoun

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.’;

Trustverb

(transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)

‘I trust you have cleaned your room?’;

Fearnoun

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.’;

Trustverb

(transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.

Fearverb

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.’;

Trustverb

(transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.

Fearverb

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

‘Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.’;

Trustverb

(transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.

‘Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.’;

Fearverb

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.’;

Trustverb

To risk; to venture confidently.

Fearverb

To suspect; to doubt.

‘Ay what else, fear you not her courage?’;

Trustverb

(intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

Fearverb

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.’;

Trustverb

(intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

Fearverb

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

‘I exceedingly fear and quake.’;

Trustverb

To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Fearnoun

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

Trustadjective

(obsolete) Secure, safe.

Fearnoun

an anxious feeling;

‘care had aged him’; ‘they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction’;

Trustadjective

(obsolete) Faithful, dependable.

Fearnoun

a profound emotion inspired by a deity;

‘the fear of God’;

Trustadjective

(legal) of or relating to a trust.

Fearverb

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

‘I fear she might get aggressive’;

Trustnoun

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.

‘Most take things upon trust.’;

Fearverb

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;

‘I fear the winters in Moscow’; ‘We should not fear the Communists!’;

Trustnoun

Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

Fearverb

be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement;

‘I fear I won't make it to your wedding party’;

Trustnoun

Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.

‘His trust was with the Eternal to be deemedEqual in strength.’;

Fearverb

be uneasy or apprehensive about;

‘I fear the results of the final exams’;

Trustnoun

That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

Fearverb

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

‘Fear God as your father’; ‘We venerate genius’;

Trustnoun

The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

‘[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust.’; ‘Reward them well, if they observe their trust.’;

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.

Trustnoun

That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

‘O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.’;

Trustnoun

An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

Trustnoun

An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary.

Trustnoun

A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.

Trustadjective

Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

Trustverb

To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.

‘I will never trust his word after.’; ‘He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived.’;

Trustverb

To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

‘Trust me, you look well.’;

Trustverb

To hope confidently; to believe; - usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

‘I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.’; ‘We trustwe have a good conscience.’;

Trustverb

to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.

‘Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,Now to suspect is vain.’;

Trustverb

To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

‘Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.’;

Trustverb

To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

Trustverb

To risk; to venture confidently.

‘[Beguiled] by theeto trust thee from my side.’;

Trustverb

To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

‘More to know could not be more to trust.’;

Trustverb

To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

‘I will trust and not be afraid.’;

Trustverb

To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

‘It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust.’; ‘Her widening streets on new foundations trust.’; ‘They trusted unto the liers in wait.’;

Trustnoun

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary);

‘he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father’;

Trustnoun

certainty based on past experience;

‘he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists’; ‘he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun’;

Trustnoun

the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others;

‘the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity’;

Trustnoun

a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

‘they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly’;

Trustnoun

complete confidence in a person or plan etc;

‘he cherished the faith of a good woman’; ‘the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust’;

Trustnoun

a trustful relationship;

‘he took me into his confidence’; ‘he betrayed their trust’;

Trustverb

have confidence or faith in;

‘We can trust in God’; ‘Rely on your friends’; ‘bank on your good education’; ‘I swear by my grandmother's recipes’;

Trustverb

allow without fear

Trustverb

be confident about something;

‘I believe that he will come back from the war’;

Trustverb

expect and wish;

‘I trust you will behave better from now on’; ‘I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise’;

Trustverb

confer a trust upon;

‘The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret’; ‘I commit my soul to God’;

Trustverb

extend credit to