Frighten vs. Spook
Frightenverb
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright
Frightenverb
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
Frightenverb
cause fear in;
Frightenverb
drive out by frightening
Spooknoun
(informal) A ghost or phantom.
Spooknoun
A hobgoblin.
Spooknoun
(informal) A scare or fright.
Spooknoun
A spy.
Spooknoun
A black person.
Spooknoun
(philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
Spookverb
(transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
Spookverb
(intransitive) To become frightened (by something startling).
Spookverb
(transitive) To haunt.
Spooknoun
A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
Spooknoun
The chimæra.
Spooknoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Spooknoun
a mental representation of some haunting experience;
Spookverb
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action;
