Vex vs Vertex - What's the difference?
vex | vertex |
To trouble aggressively, to harass.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:
To annoy, irritate.
To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
(rare) To twist, to weave.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
* Alexander Pope
The highest point of something.
(anatomy) The highest surface on the skull.
(geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes.
(mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
(graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
(computer graphics) A point in space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
(optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
(nuclear, or, particle physics) An interaction point.
(astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
As nouns the difference between vex and vertex
is that vex is (space|esa) while vertex is the highest point of something.vex
English
Verb
(es)- In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.
- Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
- some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
- (Chapman)
- White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "vex")Synonyms
* (to annoy) agitate, irritate * (to cause mental suffering) afflict, tormentDerived terms
* vexed * vexer * vexingly * vexation * vexatiousvertex
English
(wikipedia vertex)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (highest point) acme, apex, peak, top * (part of a graph) nodeDerived terms
* vertexal, vertexialSee also
*Mathworld article on vertices of polyhedra*
Mathworld article on verticies of polygons----