Difference between Bugaboo and Boogeyman

What is the difference between Bugaboo and Boogeyman?

Bugaboo as a noun is an imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is. while Boogeyman as a noun is a menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

Bugaboo

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is.

Boogeyman

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

We hope you now know whether to use Bugaboo or Boogeyman in your sentence.

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