Aggravate vs. Mitigate — What's the Difference?

To make worse or more troublesome

Make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful

To annoy or exasperate

To make less severe or intense; moderate or alleviate.

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.

(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.

(transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.

To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

(transitive) To downplay.

(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.

To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.

To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

To make mild and accessible; to mollify; - applied to persons.

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;

To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.

Make less severe or harsh;

To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.

To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.

Make worse;

Exasperate or irritate