Expect and Fear

Expect

Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

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Fear and expect are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Fear" with "Expect", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: expectation, expectant, expecting, expectancy, expectance

Fear

Fear verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

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Synonyms for Fear

Antonyms for Fear

Expect and fear are semantically related in worry topic. Sometimes you can use "Expect" instead a verb "Fear", if it concerns topics such as feel alarm.

Nearby Words: fearful, fearless, fearsome, fearfully, fearlessness

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Common collocations

man	expect man	fear man
people	expect people	fear people
name	expect name	fear name
someone	expect someone	fear someone
Other words: death, time, characters, music, results, worst, anyone, powers.

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Sometimes, the treatment of mages can cause them to become exactly what the others expect/fear of them.

Source: Bad Powers, Good People
My arrangement- Is a hollow shell, that you both fear and expect to collapse at some point.

Source: Rapid-Fire "No!"
One reviewer has noted that the story (intentionally or not) sets the reader up to expect and fear another relapse - just as Twilight does, effectively putting them in her (horse?)shoes.

Source: Fanfic Recs / My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Shipping

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