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
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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."
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Anger as a noun (obsolete):
Pain or stinging.
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Anger as a verb (transitive):
To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
Examples:
"He who angers you conquers you."
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Anger as a verb (intransitive):
To become angry.
Examples:
"You anger too easily."
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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:
"rfquotek Chapman"
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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.