The difference between Bother and Nuisance

When used as nouns, bother means fuss, ado, whereas nuisance means a minor annoyance or inconvenience.


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

Bother is also verb with the meaning: to annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bother and Nuisance

  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. Nuisance as a noun:

    A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

  2. Nuisance as a noun:

    A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

  3. Nuisance as a noun (legal):

    Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

    Examples:

    "a public nuisance"