Harry vs Beset - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between harry and beset

is that harry is to bother; to trouble while beset is to decorate something with jewels etc.

is a given name derived from Germanic, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.

(en-verb)

To bother; to trouble.

We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.

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(Shakespeare)

To strip; to lay waste.

The Northmen came several times and harried the land.

* Washington Irving

to harry this beautiful region

* J. Burroughs

A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.

* bother, disturb, harass, trouble, worry

* harrier ----

(label) To surround or hem in

(label) To attack, especially from all sides

(label) To decorate something with jewels etc

(label) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice