fearfulness vs panic attack

panic attack vs fearfulness

fearfulness and panic attack both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fearfulness	Yes	No	No	No
panic attack	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, panic attack is a hyponym of fearfulness; that is, panic attack 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)
panic attack: a sudden attack of fear

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

fearfulness (noun)	panic attack (noun)
the trait of being afraid	a sudden attack of fear
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

Difference between fearfulness and panic attack

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