They have the same meaning.

Hello Roni, Good question They have the same meaning of fear. ▪︎Afraid is not normally used before a noun. It goes after the verb. · My wife is afraid. (BUT NOT my wife is an afraid woman.) ▪︎Scared can be used in both attributive (before the noun) and predicative (after the verb) My wife is a scared woman. OR She is scared. Scared is similar to terrified . It shows how we feel I just googled it 😅 And this is the link where I bring it from👇 : https://www.quora.com/Whats-is-the-difference-between-Scared-and-Afraid

Hi! High school English teacher here! They are synonymous terms - I would even argue one is not stronger than the other (for example, ugly vs. hideous; or chubby vs. obese). Try it in different sentence scenarios: 1. I am afraid (versus) I am scared 2. Don’t be afraid of me (versus) Don’t be scared of me When trying to use this idea for an adjective, “fearful” is better (again, my opinion). Example: - she is a fearful person. Note: scared (base: to scare) can be turned into an adjective, too - scary. But afraid would assume the term fearful for an adjective. Lastly, only fearful can be changed to an adverb (description of a verb): fearfully. The others don’t have an adverb form. Hope this helps!