Anger vs Tantrum - What's the difference?
anger | tantrum |
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.
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To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
To become angry.
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
As nouns the difference between anger and tantrum
is that anger is a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm while tantrum is an often childish display or fit of bad temper.As a verb anger
is to cause such a feeling of antagonism.anger
English
(wikipedia anger)Noun
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- I made the experiment, setting the moxa where the greatest anger and soreness still continued.
Synonyms
* (strong feeling of antagonism) * See alsoDerived terms
() * angerful * angerless * angry * anger management * in angerVerb
(en verb)- Don't anger me.
- You anger too easily.
Synonyms
* (to cause anger) enrage, infuriate; annoy, vex, grill, displease; aggravate, irritate * (to become angry) get angry (see angry for more)References
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English
(wikipedia tantrum)Noun
(en noun)- Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.
- Baby Shawn threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.