fearfulness vs alarm

alarm vs fearfulness

fearfulness and alarm both are nouns.

fearfulness is not a verb while alarm is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fearfulness	Yes	No	No	No
alarm	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, alarm is a hyponym of fearfulness; that is, alarm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fearfulness:

fearfulness: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
alarm: fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Other hyponyms of fearfulness include consternation, dismay, creeps, chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, horror, hysteria, affright, panic, terror, panic attack, scare, stage fright, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, timidity, timidness, timorousness, intimidation.

fearfulness (noun)	alarm (noun)
the trait of being afraid	a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)	a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
	an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
	fear resulting from the awareness of danger

fearfulness (verb)	alarm (verb)
	warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
	fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Difference between fearfulness and alarm

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