Bother vs Hassle - What's the difference?
bother | hassle |
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 :
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
A fight or argument.
An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
To pick a fight or start an argument.
Hassle is a synonym of bother.
As verbs the difference between bother and hassle
is that bother is to annoy, to disturb, to irritate while hassle is to trouble, to bother, to annoy.As nouns the difference between bother and hassle
is that bother is fuss, ado while hassle is trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.As an interjection bother
is a mild expression of annoyance.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 !"
Synonyms
* blast, dang (US ), darnhassle
English
Noun
(en noun)- I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
Verb
(hassl)- The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.