Difference between Fear and Fearfulness

What is the difference between Fear and Fearfulness?

Fear as a noun is a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. while Fearfulness as a noun is the quality of being fearful

Fear

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone. Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause fear to; to frighten. To feel fear about (something). To venerate; to feel awe towards. Regret

Example sentence: What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.

Fearfulness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The quality of being fearful

We hope you now know whether to use Fear or Fearfulness in your sentence.

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