Thread: awful vs terrible

I will expand your vocabulary: you can say "gross" or "horrible" too. Now it's even more difficult to choose between the words. Good luck (-:

Originally Posted by 192

I will expand your vocabulary: you can say "gross" or "horrible" too. Now it's even more difficult to choose between the words. Good luck (-:

Hmmmm... Maybe I'm not understanding you correctly but I don't believe I would ever use "gross" instead of "horrible" or the other way around.

"gross" and maybe "disgusting"
"horrible" and maybe "terrible"

but gross and horrible???

Maybe it is a British thing and not American? Would you provide an example of how you would be able to choose between these words?