Emotional vs Agitated - What's the difference?
emotional | agitated |
Of or relating to the emotions.
Characterised by emotion.
Determined by emotion rather than reason.
Appealing to or arousing emotion.
Easily affected by emotion.
Readily displaying emotion.
(agitate)
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
(rare) To move or actuate.
:(Thomson)
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
:(Boyle)
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
As an adjective emotional
is of or relating to the emotions.As a verb agitated is
(agitate).emotional
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Adjective
(en adjective)- emotional crisis
- emotional decision
- emotional speech
- She’s an emotional person.
- emotional greeting
Synonyms
* demonstrative * effusive * sentimental * temperamentalDerived terms
* emotional cripple * emotionalise (also emotionalize) * emotionalism * emotionally * * *agitated
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Verb
(head)agitate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(agitat)- ``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
- The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.