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Hassle vs Barney - What's the difference?

hassle | barney | Synonyms |

Hassle is a synonym of barney.


As nouns the difference between hassle and barney

is that hassle is trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems while barney is (uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) a noisy argument or barney can be (united states|pejorative slang) an insult directed at a police officer, usually by someone who believes the officer to be inferior or overzealous.

As verbs the difference between hassle and barney

is that hassle is to trouble, to bother, to annoy while barney is (uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) to argue, to quarrel.

hassle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
    • I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
  • A fight or argument.
  • An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

    • Verb

    (hassl)
  • To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
    • The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
  • To pick a fight or start an argument.

    • Anagrams

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    barney

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist E.E. Barney (fl. 1877-79).

    • External links

    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----