Vex vs Indignation - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between vex and indignation

is that vex is (space|esa) while indignation is an anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.

(es)

To trouble aggressively, to harass.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:

In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.

To annoy, irritate.

Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.

To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

(rare) To twist, to weave.

* Dryden

some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom

(obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.

(Chapman)

To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

* Alexander Pope

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.

* (English Citations of "vex")

* (to annoy) agitate, irritate * (to cause mental suffering) afflict, torment

* vexed * vexer * vexingly * vexation * vexatious

(en noun)

An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.

A self-righteous anger or disgust.