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Irritative vs Stimulate - What's the difference?

irritative | stimulate |

As an adjective irritative

is serving to excite or irritate.

As a verb stimulate is

to encourage into action.

irritative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • serving to excite or irritate
  • accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation
    • an irritative fever
    (Webster 1913) ----

    stimulate

    English

    Verb

    (stimulat)
  • To encourage into action.
  • To arouse an organism to functional activity.

    • Synonyms

    * (encourage) encourage, induce, provoke * (arouse) animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up

    Antonyms

    * (arouse) de-energize, sedate, stifle

    Related terms

    * stimulant * stimulation * stimulator * stimulatory * stimulus

    Anagrams

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