Scared/afraid... harm/hurt
They killed a woman an hour ago. I'm scared/afraid they're going to harm/hurt more of the hostages.
Are the words completely interchangeable and the meaning of the sentence the exact same no matter which words I combine?
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anonymous They killed a woman an hour ago. I'm scared/afraid they're going to harm/hurt more of the hostages. Are the words completely interchangeable and the meaning of the sentence the exact same no matter which words I combine?
- anonymous They killed a woman an hour ago.
- I'm scared/afraid they're going to harm/hurt more of the hostages.
- Are the words completely interchangeable and the meaning of the sentence the exact same no matter which words I combine?
- Yes.
- The meaning is the same, but the register is different.
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anonymousThey killed a woman an hour ago. I'm scared/afraid they're going to harm/hurt more of the hostages.
Are the words completely interchangeable and the meaning of the sentence the exact same no matter which words I combine?
Yes. The meaning is the same, but the register is different.
'scared' is lower register than 'afraid', a
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