Pother vs Bother - What's the difference?
pother | bother |
A commotion, a tempest.
* 1605 , William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii:
*1941 , Lewiston Morning Tribune,
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
* Henry James
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Fuss, ado.
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Trouble, inconvenience.
A mild expression of annoyance.
* 1926 , A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh'', Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ''...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place :
In intransitive terms the difference between pother and bother
is that pother is to make a bustle or stir; to be fussy while bother is to do something which is of negligible inconvenience.As an interjection bother is
a mild expression of annoyance.pother
English
Noun
(en noun)- Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.
14th of May:
- (name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans
Anagrams
*bother
English
Verb
(en verb)- Would it bother you if I smoked?
- Why do I even bother to try?
- without bothering about it
- You didn't even bother to close the door.
Synonyms
* (annoy, disturb ): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex * See alsoUsage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive'' or the ''gerund (-ing) . SeeNoun
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother .
Interjection
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother !" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother !"