Nuisance vs. Pest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nuisance and Pest
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Nuisance
Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat.
Pest
An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
Nuisance
A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance
I hope you're not going to make a nuisance of yourself
It's a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house
Pest
An organism, typically an insect, that sickens or annoys humans, hampers human activities, damages crops or food products, harms livestock, or causes damage to buildings.
Nuisance
One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother
Having to stand in line was a nuisance. The disruptive child was a nuisance to the class.
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Pest
A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.
Nuisance
(Law) A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.
Pest
A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
Nuisance
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
Pest
Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
Nuisance
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
Pest
An annoying person, a nuisance.
Nuisance
(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
A public nuisance
Pest
An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
Nuisance
That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
Pest
An invasive weed.
Nuisance
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
Pest
A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest.
Nuisance
A bothersome annoying person;
That kid is a terrible pain
Pest
Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.
Pest
A persistently annoying person
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