Although both terror and horror imply extreme fear or the presence of danger or evil, they have💱 a slight difference in usage. Terror is typically used in anticipation of a danger that's in the future. This intense💱 dread or panic is a reaction to something that could or is going to happen.

Terror seeks to evoke by suggestion, by dreadful💱 suspense; horror displays in the hopes of generating revulsion. Terror veils a potentially ghastly unknown and tempts the reader to💱 advance cautiously and with anticipation, while marches the reader through a landscape of unmistakable taboo and atrocity.