The difference between Aggravate and Exaggerate

When used as verbs, aggravate means to make worse, or more severe, whereas exaggerate means to overstate, to describe more than is fact.

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  1. Aggravate as a verb:

    To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.

  2. Aggravate as a verb:

    To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate.

    Examples:

    "He aggravated the story."

  3. Aggravate as a verb:

    To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.

  1. Exaggerate as a verb:

    To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

    Examples:

    "I've told you a [[billion]] times not to exaggerate!"

    "He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating. The real number is about ten."

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