What is the difference between ‘scared’ and ‘scary’? What do ‘scared’ and ‘scary’ mean?
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In today’s lesson, I’m going to explain the difference between “scary” and “scared.”
A lot of students are confused about this. So, let’s get started…
“Scary” is an adjective that describes something.
It’s a characteristic of something. For example: A movie can be scary. A book can be scary.
Or even an experience or a person. A very good example is a monster. A monster is scary.
That’s a characteristic of a monster. Now, if something is scary, such as a monster,
that means that it makes other people feel scared.
Okay, so if I see a monster, I’m going to feel scared. “Scared” is kind of like “afraid” okay.
So, “scared” is not a characteristic of something.
It’s a feeling or emotion that humans or some other living thing has, and it’s just temporary.
So I can feel scared for a few moments because of a thunderstorm or something like that,
but it’s not a feature or a characteristic of me. It’s just how I feel at the moment.
Okay, so I’m going to give some example sentences now.
“We heard a lot of gunshots last night. We were very scared.”
“John was in the forest and a bear started running towards him. He was really scared.”
“Did you see the movie last night? That movie was scary. It had a lot of monsters in it.
There’s a new man that moved into the house next door. He looks a little bit strange and kind of scary.”
“John was flying to Europe last week and there was a problem with the airplane. He said it was a very scary situation.”
Okay, I hope that this video helped you understand the difference between “scared” and “scary.”
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