Intimidation vs. Threat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Intimidation and Threat
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Intimidation
Intimidation (also called cowing) is intentional behavior that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm. It is not necessary to prove that the behavior was so violent as to cause mean terror or that the victim was actually frightened.Threat, criminal threatening (or threatening behavior) is the crime of intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of bodily injury.
Threat
A threat is a communicated intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is widely observed in animal behavior (particularly in a ritualized form) chiefly in order to avoid the unnecessary physical violence that can lead to physical damage or the death of both conflicting parties.
Intimidation
To make timid; fill with fear
The size of the opposing players intimidated us.
Threat
An expression of an intention to inflict pain, harm, or punishment.
Intimidation
To coerce or deter, as with threats
The police intimidated the suspect into signing a false statement.
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Threat
An indication of impending danger or harm
A threat of frost in the air.
Intimidation
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated
Threat
One that is regarded as a possible source of harm or danger
Viewed the stranger as a threat to the community.
Intimidation
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation.
Threat
The condition of being in danger or at risk
Under threat of attack.
Intimidation
The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
Threat
To threaten.
Intimidation
The feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.
Threat
An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
Intimidation
The feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
Threat
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
Intimidation
A communication that makes you afraid to try something
Threat
A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Threat
(transitive) To press; urge; compel.
Threat
To threaten.
Threat
(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
Threat
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
Threat
To threaten.
Of all his threating reck not a mite.
Our dreaded admiral from far they threat.
Threat
Something that is a source of danger;
Earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan
Threat
A warning that something unpleasant is imminent;
They were under threat of arrest
Threat
Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another;
His threat to kill me was quite explicit
Threat
A person who inspires fear or dread;
He was the terror of the neighborhood
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