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Exacerbates vs Deteriorate - What's the difference?

exacerbates | deteriorate |

As verbs the difference between exacerbates and deteriorate

is that exacerbates is while deteriorate is to make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

exacerbates

English

Verb

(head)
  • (exacerbate)

    • exacerbate

    English

    Verb

    (exacerbat)
  • To make worse (pain, anger, etc.); aggravate.
    • The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.
  • * 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
    • The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.

    Derived terms

    * exacerbatingly * exacerbation

    See also

    * exasperate ----

    deteriorate

    English

    Verb

    (deteriorat)
  • To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
    • to deteriorate the mind
  • * Southey
    • The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation
  • To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=It was turning into an abysmal afternoon for Newcastle and it deteriorated further when Tiote saw red for his challenge on Jon Ashton. }}

    Related terms

    * deterioration * deteriorative * deteriorable

    Synonyms

    * worsen

    Antonyms

    * ameliorate * better * improve