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Galling vs Irritating - What's the difference?

galling | irritating |

As adjectives the difference between galling and irritating

is that galling is vexing, humiliating while irritating is causing irritation, annoyance or pain.

As verbs the difference between galling and irritating

is that galling is while irritating is .

galling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • vexing, humiliating
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
    • Uruguay were quick to the ball, strong in the tackle and seemed intent' on showing they were a better team than had been apparent in their defeat to Costa Rica. Yet the most ' galling part for England is that they helped them on their way.

    Verb

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    • Anagrams

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    irritating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
  • Stimulating]] or [[excite, exciting a response.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * nonirritating

    Verb

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