threatening vs menacing

threatening and menacing both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
threatening	No	Yes	No	No
menacing	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, threatening and menacing are synonyms defined as:

threatening and menacing: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Other synonyms of threatening include baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister.

threatening (adjective)	menacing (adjective)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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