The difference between Agitate and Vex
When used as verbs, agitate means to cause to move with a violent, irregular action, whereas vex means to trouble aggressively, to harass.
Vex is also noun with the meaning: a trouble.
check bellow for the other definitions of Agitate and Vex
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To cause to move with a violent, irregular action
Examples:
"the wind agitates the sea"
"to agitate water in a vessel"
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Agitate as a verb (intransitive, rare):
To move or actuate.
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb
Examples:
"He was greatly agitated by the news."
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate
Examples:
"to agitate a controversial subject"
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot
Examples:
"politicians agitate desperate designs"
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Vex as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):
To trouble aggressively, to harass.
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Vex as a verb (transitive):
To annoy, irritate.
Examples:
"Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his [[grade]]s."
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Vex as a verb (transitive):
To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
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Vex as a verb (transitive, rare):
To twist, to weave.
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Vex as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be irritated; to fret.
Examples:
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Vex as a verb (transitive):
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
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Vex as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):
A trouble.