affright vs fright

affright and fright both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affright	Yes	No	Yes	No
fright	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fright is a hypernym of affright; that is, fright is a word with a broader meaning than affright:

affright: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
fright: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

Other hypernyms of affright include fear, fearfulness.

As verbs, affright and fright are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of affright include frighten, scare.

affright (noun)	fright (noun)
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety	an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

affright (verb)	fright (verb)
cause fear in	cause fear in