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Frustrate vs Daunt - What's the difference?

frustrate | daunt |

As verbs the difference between frustrate and daunt

is that frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired while daunt is to discourage, intimidate.

As an adjective frustrate

is vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.

frustrate

English

Verb

(frustrat)
  • To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
  • It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
  • To hinder or thwart.
  • My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
  • To cause stress or panic
  • This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
  • * Shakespeare
  • Our frustrate search.

    daunt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discourage, intimidate
  • to overwhelm
  • Derived terms

    * daunted * daunter * daunting * dauntingly * dauntless * undaunted