Scared vs. Scary

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Let`s learn the difference between scared and scary.

When you are scared, you are afraid of something or someone. The word scared is an adjective that also means frightened or fearful.

For example:

1. Yuma is scared of spiders.

2. Zeph is not scared of snake.

3. Ara is scared to get into the water.

4. Ayumi is not scared to speak with strangers.

5. Young people are not scared to travel.

When something is scary, it is causing fear or it is making you feel scared. Likewise, if a person is scary, he or she is frightening, terrifying or fearsome.

For example:

1. Walking in the dark is scary.

2. We always avoid the scary haunted house in our village.

3. Henry is a scary driver when he drives on a freeway.

4. The sound she made in the dark was really scary.

5. I don`t go out during the Halloween night because I don`t want to see the scary costumes.

To sum it up, when you say I AM SCARED, it means that you feel afraid of something or someone. But when you say I AM SCARY, others are afraid of you or you are causing fear to others. In other words, scared is a feeling while scary is a quality or characteristic of someone, something, or place or event.

Let`s try the following sentences. Choose either scared or scary.

1. The sound of tsunami alarm was really _______________.

2. The teacher`s loud voice made the children ____________.

3. Watching ______________ movies is not my cup of tea.

4. Ted is ________________ of height.

5. My ______________ costume made the kids _______________ of me during our Halloween party.

Answers: 1. scary; 2. scared; 3. scary; 4. scared; 5. scary/scared.