Infest vs Bother - What's the difference?
infest | bother |
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
(pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
* Henry James
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Fuss, ado.
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Trouble, inconvenience.
A mild expression of annoyance.
* 1926 , A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh'', Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ''...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place :
As verbs the difference between infest and bother
is that infest is to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers while bother is to annoy, to disturb, to irritate.As an adjective infest
is (obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing.As a noun bother is
fuss, ado.As an interjection bother is
a mild expression of annoyance.infest
English
Verb
(en verb)- Insects are infesting my basement!
Synonyms
*Anagrams
* *bother
English
Verb
(en verb)- Would it bother you if I smoked?
- Why do I even bother to try?
- without bothering about it
- You didn't even bother to close the door.
Synonyms
* (annoy, disturb ): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex * See alsoUsage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive'' or the ''gerund (-ing) . SeeNoun
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother .
Interjection
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother !" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother !"