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Irritating vs Disturbing - What's the difference?

irritating | disturbing |

As adjectives the difference between irritating and disturbing

is that irritating is causing irritation, annoyance or pain while disturbing is causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

As verbs the difference between irritating and disturbing

is that irritating is present participle of lang=en while disturbing is present participle of lang=en.

irritating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
  • Stimulating]] or [[excite, exciting a response.

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    Derived terms

    * nonirritating

    Verb

    (head)

    • disturbing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing .}}

    Verb

    (head)