Irk vs Tease - What's the difference?
irk | tease | Related terms |
to irritate; annoy; bother
To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
To back-comb.
To poke fun at.
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
* (1800-1859)
*:Hesuffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
*1684 , , (Hudibras)
*:Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing .
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
To entice, to tempt.
Irk is a related term of tease.
As verbs the difference between irk and tease
is that irk is to irritate; annoy; bother while tease is to separate the fibres of a fibrous material.As a noun tease is
one who teases.irk
English
Verb
(en verb)- It irks me to do all this work and have someone destroy it.