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Irritability vs Testiness - What's the difference?

irritability | testiness |

As nouns the difference between irritability and testiness

is that irritability is the state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper while testiness is the state or quality of being testy.

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.

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    testiness

    English

    Noun

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  • The state or quality of being testy.