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Irritability vs Annoyance - What's the difference?

irritability | annoyance |

As nouns the difference between irritability and annoyance

is that irritability is the state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper while annoyance is (countable) that which annoys.

irritability

English

Noun

  • The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
  • (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
  • * E. Darwin
  • We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibres of plants.
  • (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
  • References

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    annoyance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * annoyaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia annoyance)
  • (countable) That which annoys.
  • (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
  • (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
  • Synonyms

    * nark