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Bugging vs Pester - What's the difference?

bugging | pester |

As verbs the difference between bugging and pester

is that bugging is while pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently.

As a noun bugging

is electronic surveillance.

bugging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • electronic surveillance
  • * 1993 , John H. Davis, The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster (page 486)
    • The buggings executed by the FBI not only revealed a great deal about the Cosa Nostra's activities, they also revealed a great deal about how the Cosa Nostra felt about the Kennedys.

    pester

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pestre (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

    • Synonyms

    * badger * bug * hound

    Related terms

    * pest * pester power * pestery

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