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scared vs scarred

scared

Definitions

adjective

  1. made afraid

Examples

Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town.

I was too scared to move.

You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that.

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scarred

Definitions

adjective

  1. blemished by injury or rough wear
  2. deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury

Examples

But he knew he would be like a stranger to her, a strange man with a repellingly scarred face.

A tumour had manifested itself. Fine fabric had been scarred.

A teenager, scarred for life when she was bottled in the face in a nightclub row, is pleading for witnesses to come forward.

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