Irritation vs. Annoy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Irritation and Annoy
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Definitions
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.
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.
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.
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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
