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Irritated vs Bored - What's the difference?

irritated | bored |

As verbs the difference between irritated and bored

is that irritated is (irritate) while bored is (bore).

As adjectives the difference between irritated and bored

is that irritated is experiencing a feeling of irritation while bored is suffering from boredom.

irritated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (irritate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
  • (pathology) Inflamed and painful.

    • Synonyms

    * (experiencing a feeling of irritation) (l)

    bored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bore)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • suffering from boredom
  • uninterested, without attention
    • The piano teacher's bored look betrayed he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's boringly stereotype rendition of the brilliantly composed etudes
  • perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)

    • Related terms

    * bore * boredom * boring

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