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Upsetting vs Worrying - What's the difference?

upsetting | worrying |

As verbs the difference between upsetting and worrying

is that upsetting is present participle of lang=en while worrying is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between upsetting and worrying

is that upsetting is the action of the verb upset while worrying is the act of worrying or harassing somebody.

As adjectives the difference between upsetting and worrying

is that upsetting is that causes or cause upset while worrying is inducing worry.

upsetting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb upset.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes or cause upset.
    • He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting .
    The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.

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    worrying

    English

    (wikipedia worrying)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inducing worry.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Moldova did give England's under-employed keeper Joe Hart a worrying moment when Igor Armas sent a free header wide but otherwise it was an easy night.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
  • * Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
    • There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.

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