Bullying vs. Harassment — What's the Difference?

Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual.

Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates or embarrasses a person, and it is characteristically identified by its unlikelihood in terms of social and moral reasonableness.

A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller, weaker, less popular, or more vulnerable people.

To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.

A hired ruffian; a thug.

To irritate or torment persistently

A pimp.

To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).

(Archaic) A fine person.

Attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

(Archaic) A sweetheart.

Pestering or intimidation.

To hurt or intimidate (someone) in the manner of a bully.

(military) The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force.

To make (one's way) aggressively.

The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

To behave like a bully.

A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;

To force one's way aggressively or by intimidation

The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism

Excellent; splendid

Used to express approval

An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.

Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

Present participle of bully

Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.

The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others