Creepy vs. Scary

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Difference Between Creepy and Scary
Creepyadjective
Moving by creeping along.
Scaryadjective
(colloquial) Causing or able to cause fright
The tiger's jaws were scary.She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.Creepyadjective
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
Scaryadjective
Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
Creepyadjective
(informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
Scarynoun
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
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Creepyadjective
(informal) Strangely repulsive.
That creepy old man keeps leering at me!Scaryadjective
so scary as to cause chills and shudders;
the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revengeCreepyadjective
annoying and unpleasant;
some creepy kids were bothering herCreepyadjective
causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;
a creepy storyI had a creepy-crawly feeling