Fear
Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.
Threatening and fear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead a noun "Fear".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Fear and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fear" instead a noun "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Doctor Indiana Jones routinely has adventures involving life-threatening crises; it's this mortal fear that compels him to develop those marvelous Indy Ploys.
Source: Motivated By Fear -
Threatening Shark: Weirdly enough, Nuttylamb averts this at first, showing no fear when she encounters sharks in Tomb Raider: Underworld.
Source: Lets Play / Nuttylamb - Underestimating Badassery: Alex is somewhat dismissive of Daos threatening to Mind Probe him for his worst fear.
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