The difference between Irritate and Mitigate

When used as verbs, irritate means to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in, whereas mitigate means to reduce, lessen, or decrease.


check bellow for the other definitions of Irritate and Mitigate

  1. Irritate as a verb (transitive):

    To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.

  2. Irritate as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

  3. Irritate as a verb (transitive):

    To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

  4. Irritate as a verb (transitive, obsolete, Scotland, legal):

    To render null and void.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Archbishop Bramhall"

  1. Mitigate as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.

  2. Mitigate as a verb (transitive):

    To downplay.