Ann vs Bother - What's the difference?
ann | bother |
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* 1903 , Man and Superman : Act I:
* 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History , Harper&Row 1969, page 61:
* 2005 , In Sheep's Clothing , Dafina Books, ISBN 0758203446, page 129:
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
* Henry James
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Fuss, ado.
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Trouble, inconvenience.
A mild expression of annoyance.
* 1926 , A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh'', Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ''...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place :
As nouns the difference between ann and bother
is that ann is abbreviation of lang=en while bother is fuss, ado.As a proper noun Ann
is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}.As an adjective Ann
is abbreviation of lang=en.As an initialism ANN
is artificial neural network.As a verb bother is
to annoy, to disturb, to irritate.As an interjection bother is
a mild expression of annoyance.ann
English
Alternative forms
* AnneProper noun
(en proper noun)- RAMSDEN . When you say Ann , you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield.
- TANNER''. I mean our Ann''', your '''Ann''', Tavy's '''Ann''', and now, Heaven help me, my ' Ann .
- Given a perfectly good American name like Ann , she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
- "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
- "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"
Usage notes
* Popular since fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary. * A very common middle name since the 20th century.Adjective
(-)Anagrams
* English proper nouns ----bother
English
Verb
(en verb)- Would it bother you if I smoked?
- Why do I even bother to try?
- without bothering about it
- You didn't even bother to close the door.
Synonyms
* (annoy, disturb ): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex * See alsoUsage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive'' or the ''gerund (-ing) . SeeNoun
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother .
Interjection
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother !" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother !"