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Pestering vs Bullying - What's the difference?

pestering | bullying |

As verbs the difference between pestering and bullying

is that pestering is present participle of lang=en while bullying is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between pestering and bullying

is that pestering is an act or instance of annoying somebody while bullying is an act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.

pestering

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of annoying somebody.
  • * 1984 , Richard Shannon, Gladstone: 1809-1865?
  • By swaying the Welsh he could at the same time deflect the pesterings he suffered from in England about the 1886 policy...

    bullying

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
  • Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
  • See also

    * * mobbing

    Verb

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