different between apprehensive vs daunted

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apprehensive (comparative more apprehensive, superlative most apprehensive)

Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
- 1670, John Milton, History of Britain
  More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.
Synonym: quick on the uptake

daunted

daunted (comparative more daunted, superlative most daunted)

(Normally with a copular verb). Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
I was daunted by the prospect of interviewing such a heavyweight politician.

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