The difference between Bother and Devil

When used as nouns, bother means fuss, ado, whereas devil means an evil creature.

When used as verbs, bother means to annoy, to disturb, to irritate, whereas devil means to make like a devil.

Bother is also interjection with the meaning: a mild expression of annoyance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bother and Devil

  1. Bother as a verb (transitive):

    To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

    Examples:

    "Would it bother you if I smoked?"

  2. Bother as a verb (intransitive):

    To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

    Examples:

    "Why do I even bother to try?"

  3. Bother as a verb (intransitive):

    To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

    Examples:

    "You didn't even bother to close the door."

  1. Bother as a noun:

    Fuss, ado.

    Examples:

    "There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book."

  2. Bother as a noun:

    Trouble, inconvenience.

    Examples:

    "Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother."

  1. Devil as a noun (theology):

    An evil creature.

  2. Devil as a noun (theology):

    (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.

  3. Devil as a noun:

    The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

    Examples:

    "The devil in me wants to let him suffer."

  4. Devil as a noun:

    A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

    Examples:

    "Those two kids are devils in a toy store."

  5. Devil as a noun:

    A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

    Examples:

    "That math problem was a devil."

  6. Devil as a noun ([[euphemistically]], with an [[article]], as an [[intensifier]]):

    Hell.

    Examples:

    "What in the devil is that?'' ''What the devil is that?"

    "She is having a devil of a time fixing it."

    "You can go to the devil for all I care."

  7. Devil as a noun:

    A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

  8. Devil as a noun:

    A dust devil.

  9. Devil as a noun (religion, [[Christian Science]]):

    An evil or erring entity.

  10. Devil as a noun (dialectal, in compounds):

    A barren, unproductive and unused area.

    Examples:

    "m devil strip"

  11. Devil as a noun (cookery):

    A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

  12. Devil as a noun:

    A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

  13. Devil as a noun:

    A Tasmanian devil.

  14. Devil as a noun (cycling, slang):

    An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

  1. Devil as a verb:

    To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

  2. Devil as a verb:

    To annoy or bother; to bedevil.

  3. Devil as a verb:

    To work as a ‘devil'; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

  4. Devil as a verb:

    To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

  5. Devil as a verb:

    To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.

  6. Devil as a verb:

    To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

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