Irritable vs Irritant - What's the difference?
irritable | irritant |
Capable of being irritated.
Easily exasperated or excited.
Responsive to stimuli.
Causing irritation or inflammation.
(legal, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
* Hayward
As adjectives the difference between irritable and irritant
is that irritable is capable of being irritated while irritant is causing irritation or inflammation.As a noun irritant is
any medication designed to cause irritation.irritable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* irritably * irritability * irritable bowel syndromeirritant
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Adjective
(-)- The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant ; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance.