The difference between Aggravate and Irritate
When used as verbs, aggravate means to make worse, or more severe, whereas irritate means to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
check bellow for the other definitions of Aggravate and Irritate
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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.
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Aggravate as a verb:
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate.
Examples:
"He aggravated the story."
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Aggravate as a verb:
To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
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Irritate as a verb (transitive):
To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
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Irritate as a verb (intransitive):
To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
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Irritate as a verb (transitive):
To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
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Irritate as a verb (transitive, obsolete, Scotland, legal):
To render null and void.
Examples:
"rfquotek Archbishop Bramhall"