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Vexing vs Depressing - What's the difference?

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Vexing is a related term of depressing.


As verbs the difference between vexing and depressing

is that vexing is while depressing is .

As a noun vexing

is vexation.

As an adjective depressing is

causing depression or sadness.

vexing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • vexation
  • * 2002 , Harold Bloom, American Women Poets, 1650-1950
    • Many unkindnesses as well as (one feels) many liberties and general vexings , were required to move her to this.

    depressing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing depression or sadness.
    • The television news was depressing , so rather than start crying I turned it off.

    Synonyms

    * unpleasant

    Verb

    (head)