Scare vs. Stare

Scarenoun

A minor fright.

‘Johnny had a bad scare last night.’;

Stareverb

To look fixedly (at something).

Scarenoun

A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.

‘a food-poisoning scare’;

Stareverb

(transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

‘to stare a timid person into submission’;

Scareverb

To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

‘Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?’;

Stareverb

(intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

‘staring windows or colours’;

Scareverb

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

‘The noise of thy crossbowWill scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.’;

Stareverb

To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Scarenoun

Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.

Starenoun

A persistent gaze.

‘the stares of astonished passers-by’;

Scarenoun

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events;

‘panic in the stock market’; ‘a war scare’; ‘a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building’;

Starenoun

A starling.

Scarenoun

a sudden attack of fear

Starenoun

The starling.

Scareverb

cause fear in;

‘The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me’;

Starenoun

The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.

Scareverb

cause to lose courage;

‘dashed by the refusal’;

Stareverb

To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.

‘For ever upon the ground I see thee stare.’; ‘Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret.’;

Stareverb

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

Stareverb

To stand out; to project; to bristle.

‘Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare.’; ‘Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive.’;

Stareverb

To look earnestly at; to gaze at.

‘I will stare him out of his wits.’;

Starenoun

a fixed look with eyes open wide

Stareverb

look at with fixed eyes;

‘The students stared at the teacher with amazement’;

Stareverb

fixate one's eyes;

‘The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly’;

Stareverb

look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open

‘Robyn sat staring into space, her mind numb’; ‘he stared at her in amazement’;

Stareverb

(of a person's eyes) be wide open, with a fixed or vacant expression

‘her grey eyes stared back at him’;

Stareverb

be unpleasantly prominent or striking

‘the obituaries stared out at us’;

Starenoun

a long fixed or vacant look

‘she gave him a cold stare’;