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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] horrour, from Anglo-French orur, from [[Latin]] horror [[action]] of bristling, from horrēre to bristle, shiver; akin to [[Sanskrit]] harṣate he is excited. The Latin horrere is the root of words such as "horrific" or "horror"; it means "to stand on end" and refers to the standing hairs of goose bumps, otherwise known as 'horripilation'
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : [[pain]]ful and [[intense]] [[fear]], dread, or dismay <astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me — H. G. Wells>
:b : intense aversion or repugnance
*2 a : the [[quality]] of [[inspiring]] horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or [[character]] <contemplating the horror of their lives — Liam O'Flaherty>
:b : something that inspires horror
*3 plural : a [[state]] of extreme [[depression]] or apprehension
==Description==
The distinction between [[horror]] and terror is a standard [[literary]] and [[psychological]] [[concept]] applied especially to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_literature Gothic literature] and film. [[Terror]] is usually described as the [[feeling]] of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying [[experience]]. By contrast, horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. It is the feeling one gets after coming to an [Awe|awful]] realization or experiencing a deeply unpleasant occurrence. In other [[words]], horror is more related to being shocked or scared (being horrified), while terror is more related to being anxious or fearful, being terrified. Horror has also been defined as a combination of terror and revulsion.
The distinction between terror and horror was first characterised by the Gothic horror writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe Ann Radcliffe] (1764–1823). Terror is characterised by "obscurity" or [[Random|indeterminacy]] in its treatment of [[potential]]ly horrible [[events]]; it is this indeterminacy which leads to the [[sublime]]. She says in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay essay] that it "expands the [[soul]] and awakens the faculties to a high [[degree]] of life". Horror, in contrast, "freezes and nearly annihilates them" with its unambiguous displays of atrocity. She goes on: "I apprehend that neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare Shakespeare] nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton Milton] by their [[fiction]]s, nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke Mr Burke] by his [[reasoning]], anywhere looked to positive horror as a source of the [[sublime]], though they all agree that terror is a very high one; and where lies the great [[difference]] between horror and terror, but in uncertainty and obscurity, that accompany the first, respecting the dreader [[evil]]."
According to Devendra Varma in The Gothic Flame (1966):
The difference between Terror and Horror is the difference between awful apprehension and sickening realization: between the smell of death and stumbling against a corpse.
Horror is also a [[genre]] of [[film]] and [[fiction]] that relies on horrifying images or situations to tell stories and prompt [[reactions]] in their [[audiences]]. In these films the [[moment]] of horrifying [[revelation]] is usually preceded by a terrifying build up, often using the medium of [[Fear|scary]] [[music]].
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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] horrour, from Anglo-French orur, from [[Latin]] horror [[action]] of bristling, from horrēre to bristle, shiver; akin to [[Sanskrit]] harṣate he is excited. The Latin horrere is the root of words such as "horrific" or "horror"; it means "to stand on end" and refers to the standing hairs of goose bumps, otherwise known as 'horripilation'
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : [[pain]]ful and [[intense]] [[fear]], dread, or dismay <astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me — H. G. Wells>
:b : intense aversion or repugnance
*2 a : the [[quality]] of [[inspiring]] horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or [[character]] <contemplating the horror of their lives — Liam O'Flaherty>
:b : something that inspires horror
*3 plural : a [[state]] of extreme [[depression]] or apprehension
==Description==
The distinction between [[horror]] and terror is a standard [[literary]] and [[psychological]] [[concept]] applied especially to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_literature Gothic literature] and film. [[Terror]] is usually described as the [[feeling]] of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying [[experience]]. By contrast, horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. It is the feeling one gets after coming to an [Awe|awful]] realization or experiencing a deeply unpleasant occurrence. In other [[words]], horror is more related to being shocked or scared (being horrified), while terror is more related to being anxious or fearful, being terrified. Horror has also been defined as a combination of terror and revulsion.
The distinction between terror and horror was first characterised by the Gothic horror writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe Ann Radcliffe] (1764–1823). Terror is characterised by "obscurity" or [[Random|indeterminacy]] in its treatment of [[potential]]ly horrible [[events]]; it is this indeterminacy which leads to the [[sublime]]. She says in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay essay] that it "expands the [[soul]] and awakens the faculties to a high [[degree]] of life". Horror, in contrast, "freezes and nearly annihilates them" with its unambiguous displays of atrocity. She goes on: "I apprehend that neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare Shakespeare] nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton Milton] by their [[fiction]]s, nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke Mr Burke] by his [[reasoning]], anywhere looked to positive horror as a source of the [[sublime]], though they all agree that terror is a very high one; and where lies the great [[difference]] between horror and terror, but in uncertainty and obscurity, that accompany the first, respecting the dreader [[evil]]."
According to Devendra Varma in The Gothic Flame (1966):
The difference between Terror and Horror is the difference between awful apprehension and sickening realization: between the smell of death and stumbling against a corpse.
Horror is also a [[genre]] of [[film]] and [[fiction]] that relies on horrifying images or situations to tell stories and prompt [[reactions]] in their [[audiences]]. In these films the [[moment]] of horrifying [[revelation]] is usually preceded by a terrifying build up, often using the medium of [[Fear|scary]] [[music]].
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]