John W. wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 
>>
>> Thanks for the history lesson, but they still aren't synonyms. They 
>> aren't even the same part of speech. We cannot say, "Better to be 
>> terrored"
>>
> Right. But they are both the same part of speech [sic]. And according to 
> Websters fear is a synonym of terror. Certainly they might be used in 
> different ways; but a synonym doesn't have to be a perfect match; again, 
> perhaps you're just not familiar with the term and how it's defined by 
> most of society but you. Maybe you should practice looking things up. 
> IIRC you used to be fond of telling people to do that.

You ought to look up how to use [sic].

- Kevin