if you are all 3 of them , then you are a coward. scare is like when someone sneaks up behind you and touches you. fear is a feeling of being afraid of something forever, like being fearful of spiders. afraid is fear just for a short while, such as being a first time sky diver.
2006-06-15 01:23:07
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answered by Han_dang 4
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(1) When paying the attention on the words you mentioned, it is clearly shown that three types of these words can be used for a same meaning.Details under mentioned will help you to solve your confusion.
a) The word afraid is an adjective and it gives the meaning of to be frightened of something.
eg; I am afraid of snakes.
b) The word fear is a noun and it gives the meaning of feeling of being afraid.
eg; Fear of the dark is common in small children.
c) The word scare is a verb and it gives the meaning of to frighten.
eg; She was scared by the spider in the bathroom.
2006-06-15 10:38:31
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answered by Wijekumara 4
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Afraid, fear, and scare can all refer to the same emotion: the feeling that something bad is going to happen. However, these three words are not at all synonymns.
Fear as a noun can be defined as "the feeling that something bad is going to happen." The noun form is not as common as the verb form, but a classic example is the following statement by Franklin D. Roosevelt: "There is nothing to fear but fear itself."
Fear as a verb is used to indicate the existence of fear as a noun. For example, "I fear what you will do with that worm" could be interpreted as "I have a feeling that you are going to do something bad with that worm."
Afraid is an adjective and is generally used to indicate the presence of fear in someone or something. For example, "He was afraid when I showed him the diamonds" would mean "He had the feeling that something bad might happen when I showed him the diamonds."
Scare is a verb which can mean "to inspire with fear" but is also often used to mean "to startle". For example, the phrase "Pedro is going to scare Jane" could mean "Pedro intends to do something which will cause Jane to have the feeling that something bad is going to happen" (perhaps by walking around upstairs late at night when Jane thinks she is alone) or it could mean "Pedro is going to startle Jane" (perhaps by sneaking up behind her and suddenly making a loud noise).
2006-06-15 11:24:11
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answered by HCP 2
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