Threat vs. Warn

Threatnoun

An expression of intent to injure or punish another.

Warnverb

To refuse.

Threatnoun

An indication of potential or imminent danger.

Warnverb

To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house.

‘Cornelius the centurion . . . was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee.’; ‘Who is it that hath warned us to the walls?’;

Threatnoun

A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Warnverb

To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.

Threatverb

(transitive) To press; urge; compel.

Warnverb

To ward off.

Threatverb

To threaten.

Warnverb

notify of danger, potential harm, or risk;

‘The director warned him that he might be fired’; ‘The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking’;

Threatverb

(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Warnverb

admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;

‘I warned him not to go too far’; ‘I warn you against false assumptions’; ‘She warned him to be quiet’;

Threatnoun

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.’;

Warnverb

ask to go away;

‘The old man warned the children off his property’;

Threatverb

To threaten.

‘Of all his threating reck not a mite.’; ‘Our dreaded admiral from far they threat.’;

Warnverb

notify, usually in advance;

‘I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions’;

Threatnoun

something that is a source of danger;

‘earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan’;

Threatnoun

a warning that something unpleasant is imminent;

‘they were under threat of arrest’;

Threatnoun

declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another;

‘his threat to kill me was quite explicit’;

Threatnoun

a person who inspires fear or dread;

‘he was the terror of the neighborhood’;

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.