frighten vs scare the bejesus

frighten and scare the bejesus both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
frighten	No	No	Yes	No
scare the bejesus	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, scare the bejesus is a hyponym of frighten; that is, scare the bejesus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than frighten:

frighten: cause fear in
scare the bejesus: Cause extreme surprise

Other hyponyms of frighten include bluff, awe, terrify, terrorise, terrorize, intimidate, alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify, consternate, spook.

frighten (verb)	scare the bejesus (verb)
cause fear in	Cause extreme surprise

frighten vs scare the bejesus

frighten and scare the bejesus both are verbs.

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