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Pester vs Browbeat - What's the difference?

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Pester is a related term of browbeat.


In lang=en terms the difference between pester and browbeat

is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

As verbs the difference between pester and browbeat

is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

pester

English

Alternative forms

* pestre (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
  • Synonyms

    * badger * bug * hound

    Anagrams

    * * English transitive verbs ----

    browbeat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * brow-beat

    Verb

  • To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
  • Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.

    Synonyms

    * (to bully in an intimidating way) bully, cow, domineer, intimidate

    References

    * * English irregular verbs