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Annoying vs Distressing - What's the difference?

annoying | distressing | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between annoying and distressing

is that annoying is causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious while distressing is causing distress; upsetting.

As verbs the difference between annoying and distressing

is that annoying is present participle of lang=en while distressing is present participle of lang=en.

annoying

English

(wikipedia annoying)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
    • Vandals are really annoying .

    Verb

    (head)

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    distressing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing distress; upsetting

    • Verb

    (head)