The difference between Annoy and Irritate
When used as verbs, annoy means to disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts, whereas irritate means to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
Annoy is also noun with the meaning: a feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
check bellow for the other definitions of Annoy and Irritate
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Annoy as a verb (transitive):
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
Examples:
"Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off."
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Annoy as a verb (intransitive):
To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
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Annoy as a verb (transitive):
To molest; to harm; to injure.
Examples:
"to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade"
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Annoy as a noun (now, _, rare, literary):
A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
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Annoy as a noun (now, _, rare, literary):
That which causes such a feeling.
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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"