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Irritated vs Irate - What's the difference?

irritated | irate |

As adjectives the difference between irate and irritated

is that irate is extremely angry; wrathful; enraged while irritated is experiencing a feeling of irritation.

As a verb irritated is

past tense of irritate.

irritated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (irritate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
  • (pathology) Inflamed and painful.

    • Synonyms

    * (experiencing a feeling of irritation) (l)

    irate

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

    • Synonyms

    * furious * infuriated * sore * See also

    Related terms

    * irascible * irately * irateness * ire

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