Agitated vs Flustered - What's the difference?
agitated | flustered |
(agitate)
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
(rare) To move or actuate.
:(Thomson)
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
:(Boyle)
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
(fluster)
As verbs the difference between agitated and flustered
is that agitated is (agitate) while flustered is (fluster).As an adjective flustered is
confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.agitated
English
Verb
(head)agitate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(agitat)- ``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
- The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.
Synonyms
* move, shake, excite, rouse, disturb, distract, revolve, discuss, debate, canvassExternal links
* * * ----flustered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.