What's the difference between scaremonger and worrying?

Scaremonger


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She also hit out at “scaremongering” by media commentators in the wake of the attack, insisting that it was “very irresponsible” to whip up “mass hysteria” about the dangers of the internet.
  • (2) "These figures expose the scale of scaremongering by Nigel Farage and Ukip over Romanian and Bulgarian migration," he said.
  • (3) People don’t really believe that he cares enough and you need somebody who cares and recognises the problem and is seen to act.” During the 2015 campaign, she says that Hunt accused her of “scaremongering” about threats to the NHS.
  • (4) Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood tackled him on the subject during the seven-way discussion, saying it was scaremongering and that he should be ashamed of himself.
  • (5) Hunt has already raised the prospect of not all A&E units remaining open during that action and patients’ health being put at risk on 10 February, though the BMA has accused him of scaremongering.
  • (6) The scaremongering, dissembling and misrepresentation of the no campaign will be ramped up as we approach polling day."
  • (7) Leading Eurosceptics, who have warned that pro-Europeans will seek to ape the so-called “project fear” tactics of the Scottish referendum, accused the prime minister of scaremongering after No 10 raised the prospect of the refugee camps in northern France moving across the Channel.
  • (8) But they said they were accused by ministers of scaremongering.
  • (9) "We are proof that it is entirely possible to teach this in an age-appropriate way – it's not about scaremongering, it's about keeping children safe," says Smith, adding that primary schoolchildren may be at the most risk.
  • (10) A dossier of murders and rapes committed by 50 EU criminals in Britain has been published by a leading out campaign, in a move described by critics as “scaremongering of the worst kind”.
  • (11) I was able to live a normal life for a year until the government banned [it] in another reactionary response to media scaremongering."
  • (12) Misrepresentations of social work Maris Stratulis , England manager, British Association of Social Workers : "Scaremongering is alienating a lot of the people that social workers are trying to work with.
  • (13) Hatwal said Farage "owes the country an apology for his reckless scaremongering last year".
  • (14) But amid mounting opposition to the measures, the Communist party lambasted the speech as "scaremongering".
  • (15) They are the masters of scaremongering and scapegoating.
  • (16) The positive case for remaining in the EU will also be made by the Scottish National party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Alex Salmond , on Monday, when he will condemn the warnings about the risks of Brexit as, “at best puerile and at worst outlandish scaremongering”.
  • (17) Simon loves music, too – so much that he formed his own band, the Scaremongers, a few years ago – and he says this: "You could say we've slightly kidded ourselves.
  • (18) Of course, I feel guilty letting him watch anything at all, thanks to that scaremongering doctor, although the only way to stop a child being exposed to screens in today's world would be to throw him in a bag at birth and not let him out until the end of the next world war.
  • (19) Nicola Sturgeon has said that [it] would be sufficient to justify a second referendum on Scottish independence.” The report, which appeared to counter the claims by the main pro-EU Britain Stronger in Europe campaign that it would run a positive campaign, was immediately criticised by Vote Leave as scaremongering.
  • (20) Blair Jenkins, chief executive of Yes Scotland, said Cameron's speech "was the same litany of empty threats and empty promises we have come to expect from the no campaign – and he is the prime minister who has been orchestrating the campaign of ridiculous scaremongering being directed against Scotland".

Worrying


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worry

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But the position of locum GPs remains worryingly unsure.
  • (2) I know I have the courage to deal with all the sniping but you worry about the effects on your family."
  • (3) If Lagarde had been placed under formal investigation in the Tapie case, it would have risked weakening her position and further embarrassing both the IMF and France by heaping more judicial worries on a key figure on the international stage.
  • (4) In Paris, a foreign ministry spokesman, Romain Nadal, said the French authorities were “fully mobilised to help Serge Atlaoui, whose situation remains very worrying”.
  • (5) Amid all of the worry about her health, the difficult decisions around the surgery, and how to explain everything to the children, the practicalities of postponing the holiday was a relatively minor consideration.
  • (6) The secrecy worries me if those decisions are being made without giving us the ability to hold them to account,” says Conservative London Assembly member Andrew Boff.
  • (7) At the People’s Question Time in Pendle, an elderly man called Roland makes a short, powerful speech about the sacrifices made for the right to vote and says he’s worried for the future of the NHS.
  • (8) Wimbledon said the world No1 Williams had been suffering from a viral illness and it was a sad and bizarre end to the American’s tournament, not to mention a worrying sight, seeing her hardly able to play.
  • (9) The only explanation he can come up with is that Cameron is worried about his legacy.
  • (10) There is no doubt about it that there are authorities that have a greater need for public health money than ourselves, but Surrey still has issues and worries about certain social factors within public health," he said.
  • (11) Davies, who worked closely with AHTSYL's producers to ensure an accurate picture, worries that some medical stories are sold solely as "emotional journeys".
  • (12) "We believe BAE's earnings could stagnate until the middle of this decade," said Goldman, which was also worried that performance fees on a joint fighter programme in America had been withheld by the Pentagon, and the company still had a yawning pension deficit.
  • (13) The big worry here is: even if the data broker reports aggregate data, a) it has this information on an individual level – how else might it use it?
  • (14) It took a little bit of time to come up on the scoreboard, so I was a bit worried.
  • (15) Former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morell, also weighed in for Clinton in a New York Times opinion piece on Friday, declaring: “Donald J Trump is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security.” Republicans stumbling from the wreckage of a terrible week are worrying about how to contain the damage further down the ballot paper in November as people running for seats in Congress and at state level risk being swept away.
  • (16) Non-worriers evidenced the same disruptive effects in the 15-worry condition as worriers in that condition and worriers in Study 1.
  • (17) Jenny Jones, a Green party member of the London Assembly who has campaigned to make cycling safer, said she had spoken to the deputy head of the Met's traffic unit to express her worries about the operation.
  • (18) What was very worrying was at half‑time when you go in the dressing room, I could sense there was no response.
  • (19) She said she was not worried by Rubio’s one-time position on his immigration bill, later retracted, that he could not support reform if it included citizenship for gay couples.
  • (20) It sells itself to British tourists as a holiday heaven of golden beaches, flamenco dresses and well-stocked sherry bars, but southern Andalucía – home to the Costa del Sol – has now become the focus of worries about the euro.

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