Creepy vs. Scary

Creepy vs. Scary — Is There a Difference?
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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 revenge

Creepyadjective

annoying and unpleasant;

some creepy kids were bothering her

Creepyadjective

causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;

a creepy storyI had a creepy-crawly feeling