What's the difference between scary and spary?

Scary


Definition:

  • (n.) Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
  • (a.) Subject to sudden alarm.
  • (a.) Causing fright; alarming.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can see where the religious meme sprung from: when the world was an inexplicable and scary place, a belief in the supernatural was both comforting and socially adhesive.
  • (2) For a few fevered weeks it was "who is the least scary?"
  • (3) I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m scary, I’ll fuckin’ scare you then.
  • (4) Albeit an unloveable, slightly scary Ron Burgundy in a 'I may now be a low level Tesco manager in a cheap suit but I still remember how to handle a stanley knife' kind of way," reckons Robert Lowery, who is forgetting that Jim White has a phone.
  • (5) Think the build-up to Brexit was polarising and scary?
  • (6) We usually only hear scary stories about invaders such as the Asian hornet , a lethal predator of honeybees.
  • (7) And even more scary, I have a drillion moles all over my body, some of which have now started itching, on my back.
  • (8) Asked about such mis-steps, Frieden said: “Ebola is scary.
  • (9) The trail north from the scary little airstrip at Lukla is chocker with trekkers – at times it's more like a queue than a walk.
  • (10) Onward to dystopia then: Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) The front page attacks on the 3 judges for basically just doing their job is scary.
  • (11) Honestly, it's not scary for me to die for freedom."
  • (12) I've never done it before; it's exciting and a little bit scary ... Adam Lloyd 05 November 2013 5:49pm Hi David, Big fan of your work!
  • (13) And to make your conscience even clearer, a percentage of every purchase goes back to local independent bookshops, helping them to survive in the scary era of all-online shopping.
  • (14) The white paper proposals were “scary” and threatened multiple areas of conservation, not just crocodile management, he said.
  • (15) There is a real risk of hunger growing in our city and across the nation and of people going without and that's a scary, scary thing.” Grimaldi says he doesn’t plan to introduce rationing yet.
  • (16) They told us that they think feminism is angry and scary and difficult and "not for them", and that feminists aren't feminine or sexy and that they hate men.
  • (17) But I was wrong to peg Let’s Be Cops down in the mire with the Scary Movie franchise.
  • (18) Cancer is scary, but it should not be forgotten that treatment options and outcomes have never been better and continue to improve.
  • (19) It is our job to help them through a distressing and scary time.
  • (20) As one scientist told me, and as a YouTube video of a Samsung S5 exploding after being hit with a hammer confirms: “Lithium-ion batteries are quite scary.” This is partly why they have improved by only a factor of two or three in 25 years.

Spary


Definition:

  • (a.) Sparing; parsimonious.

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