Pester vs Embarrass - What's the difference?
pester | embarrass | Related terms |
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
Pester is a related term of embarrass.
In lang=en terms the difference between pester and embarrass
is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while embarrass is to involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.As verbs the difference between pester and embarrass
is that pester is to bother, harass or annoy persistently while embarrass is to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.pester
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Alternative forms
* pestre (obsolete)Synonyms
* badger * bug * houndAnagrams
* * English transitive verbs ----embarrass
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Verb
(es)- The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
- Business is embarrassed'''; public affairs are '''embarrassed .
- A man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.
