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Irritation vs. Annoy

Difference Between Irritation and Annoy

Irritation

Irritation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. A stimulus or agent which induces the state of irritation is an irritant.
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Annoy

To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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Irritation

The act of irritating
the prankster's irritation of the others in the dorm.
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Annoy

(Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
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Irritation

The condition of being irritated; vexation
honked the horn with irritation at the delay.
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Annoy

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.
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Irritation

A source of irritation
Their constant talking is an irritation to people who are reading.
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Annoy

(intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
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Irritation

An inflammatory reaction of a bodily part.
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Annoy

(transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade
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Irritation

(Physiology) The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle.
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Annoy

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
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Irritation

The act of irritating or annoying
What irritation causes you to be so moody?
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Annoy

That which causes such a feeling.
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Irritation

The state of being irritated
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Annoy

To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
Say, what can more our tortured souls annoyThan to behold, admire, and lose our joy?
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Irritation

A things or person that annoys
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Annoy

To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
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Irritation

(physiology) a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage.
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Annoy

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy.
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Irritation

A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
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Annoy

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
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Irritation

The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect.
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Irritation

The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; - as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
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Irritation

A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
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Irritation

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
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Irritation

a sudden outburst of anger;
his temper sparked like damp firewood
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Irritation

(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation;
any food produced irritation of the stomach
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Irritation

the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
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Irritation

an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body
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Irritation

unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
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Irritation

the act of troubling or annoying someone
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