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What is the difference between horror and terror and fear ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between horror and terror and fear ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Fear is being really scared.
Example:
"She has a fear of spiders."
Terror is a type of fear. Terror is being scared of what might happen/before something happens (terrified, terrorfying).
Example:
"She is frozen in terror because of the spider."
Horror is being scared of something you've just experienced, being disgusted by something, or shocked about something (horrified, horrifying). It is also a movie genre.
Examples:
"That was movie horrifying!"
"The food looks horrifying..."
"When she screamed, I was horrified!"
"I like horror movies."
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- English (US)
Fear is being really scared.
Example:
"She has a fear of spiders."
Terror is a type of fear. Terror is being scared of what might happen/before something happens (terrified, terrorfying).
Example:
"She is frozen in terror because of the spider."
Horror is being scared of something you've just experienced, being disgusted by something, or shocked about something (horrified, horrifying). It is also a movie genre.
Examples:
"That was movie horrifying!"
"The food looks horrifying..."
"When she screamed, I was horrified!"
"I like horror movies."
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