The difference between Bother and Irritate
When used as verbs, bother means to annoy, to disturb, to irritate, whereas irritate means to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
Bother is also interjection with the meaning: a mild expression of annoyance.
Bother is also noun with the meaning: fuss, ado.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bother and Irritate
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Bother as a verb (transitive):
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
Examples:
"Would it bother you if I smoked?"
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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?"
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Bother as a verb (intransitive):
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Examples:
"You didn't even bother to close the door."
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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."
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Bother as a noun:
Trouble, inconvenience.
Examples:
"Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother."
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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"