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Temperamental vs Irritated - What's the difference?

temperamental | irritated |

As adjectives the difference between temperamental and irritated

is that temperamental is (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament while irritated is experiencing a feeling of irritation.

As a verb irritated is

(irritate).

temperamental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament
  • subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

    • Derived terms

    * temperamentally

    irritated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (irritate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
  • (pathology) Inflamed and painful.

    • Synonyms

    * (experiencing a feeling of irritation) (l)