Difference between Dread and Fearful

What is the difference between Dread and Fearful?

Dread as a verb is to fear greatly. while Fearful as an adjective is frightening

Dread

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fear greatly. To anticipate with fear.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A great fear. Somebody or something dreaded. A Rastafarian.

Example sentence: Because I write what I feel the most heavy about. So if there is one day of the week when I feel completely crushed by existential dread, I'll end up writing about it, not the great day I had at the park with my friends. I hope it resonates with people - and it does, with some.

Fearful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: frighteningfrightened, filled with terrorterrible

Example sentence: Amongst other our secular businesses and cures, our principal intent and fervent desire is to see virtue and cleanness of living to be advanced, increased, and multiplied, and vices and all other things repugnant to virtue, provoking the high indignation and fearful displeasure of God, to be repressed and annulled.

We hope you now know whether to use Dread or Fearful in your sentence.

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