spook vs scare

spook and scare both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spook	Yes	No	Yes	No
scare	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, scare is a hypernym of spook; that is, scare is a word with a broader meaning than spook:

Other hypernyms of spook include affright, fright, frighten.

spook (noun)	scare (noun)
a mental representation of some haunting experience	a sudden attack of fear
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric	sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

spook (verb)	scare (verb)
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action	cause fear in
	cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away