different between vex vs rile

English

Etymology

From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin v?x?re (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Middle English grillen (“to vex, annoy”) from Old English grillan. Doublet of quake.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?ks, IPA^(key): /v?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Verb

vex (third-person singular simple present vexes, present participle vexing, simple past and past participle vexed or (archaic) vext)

1. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
2. (transitive) To annoy, irritate.

3. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
4. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.

   • some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
   • 1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois

     Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought

6. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vex.

Synonyms

• (to annoy): agitate, irk, irritate
• (to cause mental suffering): afflict, grame, torment

Derived terms

Related terms

• quake
• vexatious

Translations

Noun

vex (plural vexes)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “vex”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

vex

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

Etymology 2

Verb

vex

1. Alternative form of vexen

English

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

rile (third-person singular simple present riles, present participle riling, simple past and past participle riled)

1. to make angry
2. to stir or move from a state of calm or order

   Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.

   Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.

   It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.

Synonyms

• aggravate
• anger
• annoy
• irritate
• vex

Derived terms

• rilesome

Translations

Derived terms

• to get riled up - to become angry

Anagrams

• Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, lire, riel

Spanish

Verb

rile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of rilarse.