Frustrate vs Frustrative - What's the difference?
frustrate | frustrative |
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
To hinder or thwart.
To cause stress or panic
As adjectives the difference between frustrate and frustrative
is that frustrate is vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory while frustrative is that which frustrates (causes frustration).As a verb frustrate
is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.frustrate
English
Verb
(frustrat)- It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
