Agitated vs Restless - What's the difference?
agitated | restless |
(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.
Not allowing or affording rest.
Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
Deprived of rest or sleep.
As a verb agitated
is past tense of agitate.As an adjective restless is
not allowing or affording rest.agitated
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Verb
(head)agitate
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(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
* * * ----restless
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The night before his wedding was a restless one.
- He was a restless child.
- She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
- A restless ambition.
- They remained restless , sitting by the window the entire night.