Scare vs. Terrify — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scare and Terrify
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Scare
To strike with sudden fear; alarm.
Terrify
To fill with terror; make deeply afraid
"She was terrified that he would lie to her" (Jodi Picoult).
Scare
To become frightened
A child who scares easily.
Terrify
To drive or force by arousing fear
"The few who survived had long ago been terrified into complete intellectual surrender" (George Orwell).
Scare
A condition or sensation of sudden fear
That mask gave me a real scare.
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Terrify
To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
Scare
A general state of alarm; a panic
A bomb scare that necessitated evacuating the building.
Terrify
To menace or intimidate.
Scare
Serving or intended to frighten people
Scare stories.
Scare tactics.
Terrify
(obsolete) To make terrible.
Scare
A minor fright.
Johnny had a bad scare last night.
Terrify
To make terrible.
If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
Scare
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
A food-poisoning scare
Terrify
To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
Scare
A device or object used to frighten.
Terrify
Fill with terror; frighten greatly
Scare
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
Scare
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
The noise of thy crossbowWill scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
Scare
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
Scare
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
Scare
A sudden attack of fear
Scare
Cause fear in;
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Scare
Cause to lose courage;
Dashed by the refusal
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