Intimidate vs. Terrorize — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Intimidate and Terrorize
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Definitions
Intimidate➦
To make timid; fill with fear
The size of the opposing players intimidated us.
Terrorize➦
Create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror
He used his private army to terrorize the population
The union said staff would not be terrorized into ending their strike
Intimidate➦
To coerce or deter, as with threats
The police intimidated the suspect into signing a false statement.
Terrorize➦
To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
Intimidate➦
(transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence
He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
Terrorize➦
To coerce or intimidate by causing fear.
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Intimidate➦
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
Terrorize➦
To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
Intimidate➦
Make timid or fearful;
Her boss intimidates her
Terrorize➦
To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
Intimidate➦
To compel or deter by or as if by threats
Terrorize➦
To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority.
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Terrorize➦
Coerce by violence or with threats
Terrorize➦
Fill with terror; frighten greatly
