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
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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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Nuisance as a noun:
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
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Nuisance as a noun:
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
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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"