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Irritated vs Inflamed - What's the difference?

irritated | inflamed |

As verbs the difference between irritated and inflamed

is that irritated is past tense of irritate while inflamed is past tense of inflame.

As adjectives the difference between irritated and inflamed

is that irritated is experiencing a feeling of irritation while inflamed is resulting from or affected by inflammation.

irritated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (irritate)

    • Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * (experiencing a feeling of irritation) (l)

    inflamed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
  • Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.

    • Derived terms

    * inflamedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inflame)