The difference between Irate and Sore

When used as adjectives, irate means extremely angry, whereas sore means causing pain or discomfort.


Sore is also noun with the meaning: an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

Sore is also adverb with the meaning: very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

Sore is also verb with the meaning: to mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

check bellow for the other definitions of Irate and Sore

  1. Irate as an adjective:

    Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

  1. Sore as an adjective:

    Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

    Examples:

    "Her feet were sore from walking so far."

  2. Sore as an adjective:

    Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

  3. Sore as an adjective:

    Dire; distressing.

    Examples:

    "The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."

  4. Sore as an adjective (informal):

    Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

    Examples:

    "Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers."

  5. Sore as an adjective (obsolete):

    Criminal; wrong; evil.

  1. Sore as an adverb (archaic):

    Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

    Examples:

    "They were sore afraid.  The knight was sore wounded."

  2. Sore as an adverb:

    Sorely.

  1. Sore as a noun:

    An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

    Examples:

    "They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."

  2. Sore as a noun:

    Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

  1. Sore as a verb (transitive):

    To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

  1. Sore as a noun:

    A group of ducks on land.

  1. Sore as a noun:

    A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edmund Spenser"

  2. Sore as a noun:

    A young buck in its fourth year.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

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