Irritation vs. Annoy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Irritation and Annoy
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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.
Annoy
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
Irritation
The act of irritating
The prankster's irritation of the others in the dorm.
Annoy
(Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
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.
Irritation
A source of irritation
Their constant talking is an irritation to people who are reading.
Annoy
(intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
Irritation
An inflammatory reaction of a bodily part.
Annoy
(transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
To annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade
Irritation
(Physiology) The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle.
Annoy
A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
Irritation
The act of irritating or annoying
What irritation causes you to be so moody?
Annoy
That which causes such a feeling.
Irritation
The state of being irritated
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?
Irritation
A things or person that annoys
Annoy
To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Irritation
(physiology) a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Irritation
The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
Irritation
A sudden outburst of anger;
His temper sparked like damp firewood
Irritation
(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation;
Any food produced irritation of the stomach
Irritation
The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
Irritation
An uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body
Irritation
Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Irritation
The act of troubling or annoying someone
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