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Bedevil vs Aggrieve - What's the difference?

bedevil | aggrieve |

As verbs the difference between bedevil and aggrieve

is that bedevil is to harass or cause trouble for; to plague while aggrieve is to give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.

bedevil

English

Verb

  • To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
    • Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
  • To perplex or bewilder.

    • Usage notes

    * The spellings bedeviling'' and ''bedeviled'' are preferred in the US, while ''bedevilling'' and ''bedevilled are preferred in the UK. However, the choice of spellings is not universal.

    aggrieve

    English

    Verb

    (aggriev)
  • To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
  • (obsolete) To grieve; to lament.

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