Bother vs. Brother — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bother and Brother
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Definitions
Bother➦
To cause to be irritated, especially by repeated acts; trouble or annoy
“I spoke French badly. So I always replied to him in English. This didn't bother him” (Paul Theroux).
Brother➦
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another. The female counterpart is a sister.
Bother➦
To make agitated or perplexed; upset
“Jerry could see … how much the doctor had been bothered by the failure of the first surgery” (Rick Bass).
Brother➦
A male having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.
Bother➦
To intrude on without warrant or invitation; disturb
“When I saw him slumped in a chair, deep in thought, I decided not to bother him” (Pat Toomay).
Brother➦
A kinsman.
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Bother➦
To give discomfort or pain to
A back condition that bothers her constantly.
Brother➦
A fellow man.
Bother➦
To take the trouble (to do something); concern oneself with (accomplishing something)
“Most people [with the syndrome] have such mild symptoms that they never bother to see a doctor” (Jane E. Brody).
Brother➦
A fellow member, as of a fraternity, trade union, or panel of judges on a court.
Bother➦
To take trouble; concern oneself
“old, hard-to-reach coal seams that were too complex or dangerous for other coal companies to bother with” (Jeff Goodell).
Brother➦
A close male friend; a comrade.
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Bother➦
A cause or state of disturbance.
Brother➦
A fellow African American man or boy.
Bother➦
Used to express annoyance or mild irritation.
Brother➦
Pl. also brethren Something, such as a corporation or institution, that is regarded as a member of a class
“A station that ... relies on corporate contributions or advertising to survive runs the risk of becoming virtually indistinguishable from its commercial brethren” (W. John Moore).
Bother➦
(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
Would it bother you if I smoked?
Brother➦
Abbr. Br. or Bro. A lay member of a religious order of men.
Bother➦
(intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
Why do I even bother to try?
Brother➦
Pl. also brethren A fellow member of the Christian church.
Bother➦
(intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
You didn’t even bother to close the door.
Brother➦
Son of the same parents as another person.
Bother➦
Fuss, ado.
There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
Brother➦
A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
Bother➦
Trouble, inconvenience.
Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
Brother➦
A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
Thank you, brother.
I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.
Bother➦
A mild expression of annoyance.
Brother➦
(informal) A form of address to a man.
Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I'm not interested.
Bother➦
To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
Brother➦
(AAVE) A black male.
Bother➦
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
Without bothering about it.
Brother➦
Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
Bother➦
One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
Brother➦
Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
Bother➦
An angry disturbance;
He didn't want to make a fuss
They had labor trouble
A spot of bother
Brother➦
(poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
Bother➦
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;
Washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
A bit of a bother
He's not a friend, he's an infliction
Brother➦
(transitive) To treat as a brother.
Bother➦
Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself;
He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
Don't bother, please
Brother➦
Expressing exasperation.
We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!
Bother➦
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Brother➦
A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.
Two of us in the churchyard lie,My sister and my brother.
Bother➦
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Brother➦
One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; - used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,For he to-day that sheds his blood with meShall be my brother.
Bother➦
Intrude or enter uninvited;
Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
Brother➦
One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
That April mornOf this the very brother.
For of whom such massacreMake they but of their brethren, men of men?
Bother➦
Make nervous or agitated;
The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
Brother➦
To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
Bother➦
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Brother➦
A male with the same parents as someone else;
My brother still lives with our parents
Brother➦
A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group);
None of his brothers would betray him
Brother➦
A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Brother➦
Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement;
Greetings, comrade!
Brother➦
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address;
A Benedictine Brother
