different between bother vs vexation
bother
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b??-th?r, IPA(key): /?b?ð??/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
- (UK) IPA(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
- (US) IPA(key): [?b?ð?]
Verb
bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)
- (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
- (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
- (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (annoy): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex; see also Thesaurus:annoy
- (make or take trouble): care, mind; see also Thesaurus:care
Derived terms
- bebother
Translations
References
Noun
bother (countable and uncountable, plural bothers)
- Fuss, ado.
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- Trouble, inconvenience.
- Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
Synonyms
- (fuss, ado): See also Thesaurus:commotion
- (trouble, inconvenience): See also Thesaurus:nuisance
Derived terms
- bothersome
- spot of bother
Translations
Interjection
bother!
- A mild expression of annoyance.
- 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"
- 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
Synonyms
- botheration, blast, dang (US), darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticks
Translations
Related terms
- be bothered
- bothered
- bothersome
Anagrams
- boreth
bother From the web:
- what bothers percy about the oracle’s prophecy
- what bothered siddhartha
- what bothers winston
- what bothers holden about the speech class
- what bothers hamlet about his character
- what bothers simon in chapter 6
- what bothers winston 1984
- what bothers simon in chapter 6
vexation
English
Etymology
From Middle English vexacioun, from Old French vexacion, from Latin vex?ti?; synchronically analyzable as vex +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?k?se???n/
- Hyphenation: vex?a?tion
Noun
vexation (countable and uncountable, plural vexations)
- The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
- The state of being vexed or irritated.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
- He gave the doctor a look of vexation. He was surprised to see him, and resented the intrusion.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
Related terms
- vex
- vexed
- vexing
- vexatious
Translations
Anagrams
- vanoxite
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?k.sa.sj??/
Noun
vexation f (plural vexations)
- insult
- humiliation
- harassment
Related terms
- vexant
- vexatoire
- vexer
Further reading
- “vexation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
vexation
- Alternative form of vexacioun
vexation From the web:
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- vexation meaning
- what is vexation in the bible
- what does vocation mean in the necklace
- what does vexation of spirit mean in the bible
- what do vexation mean
- what does vexations mean
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