Vexation vs Pestilence - What's the difference?
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The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
The state of being vexed or irritated.
* 1919 ,
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
* 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart,
Vexation is a related term of pestilence.
As a noun vexation
is the act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.As a proper noun pestilence is
the personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.vexation
English
Noun
(en noun)- He gave the doctor a look of vexation . He was surprised to see him, and resented the intrusion.
pestilence
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Noun
(en noun)- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.