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Embarrassing vs Upsetting - What's the difference?

embarrassing | upsetting |

As verbs the difference between embarrassing and upsetting

is that embarrassing is while upsetting is .

As nouns the difference between embarrassing and upsetting

is that embarrassing is the action of the verb to embarrass while upsetting is the action of the verb upset.

As adjectives the difference between embarrassing and upsetting

is that embarrassing is causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness while upsetting is that causes or cause upset.

embarrassing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to embarrass .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}

    Synonyms

    * awkward

    Derived terms

    * embarrassingly

    upsetting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb upset.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes or cause upset.
    • He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting .
    The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.

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