The difference between Anger and Vex

When used as nouns, anger means a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, whereas vex means a trouble.

When used as verbs, anger means to cause such a feeling of antagonism in, whereas vex means to trouble aggressively, to harass.


check bellow for the other definitions of Anger and Vex

  1. Anger as a noun:

    A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.

    Examples:

    "You need to control your anger."

  2. Anger as a noun (obsolete):

    Pain or stinging.

  1. Anger as a verb (transitive):

    To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

    Examples:

    "He who angers you conquers you."

  2. Anger as a verb (intransitive):

    To become angry.

    Examples:

    "You anger too easily."

  1. Vex as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):

    To trouble aggressively, to harass.

  2. Vex as a verb (transitive):

    To annoy, irritate.

    Examples:

    "Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his [[grade]]s."

  3. Vex as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

  4. Vex as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To twist, to weave.

  5. Vex as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To be irritated; to fret.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Chapman"

  6. Vex as a verb (transitive):

    To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

  1. Vex as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A trouble.