Agitation vs Agitates - What's the difference?
agitation | agitates |
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
* (rfdate) :
Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
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(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.
As a noun agitation
is .As a verb agitates is
.agitation
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(wikipedia agitation)Noun
(en noun)- After a storm the sea is in agitation .
- She causes great agitation within me.
- ''the antislavery agitation
- ''labor agitation
- After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.
Synonyms
* emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbationReferences
* ----agitates
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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.