The difference between Torment and Vex
When used as nouns, torment means a catapult or other kind of war-engine, whereas vex means a trouble.
When used as verbs, torment means to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.), whereas vex means to trouble aggressively, to harass.
check bellow for the other definitions of Torment and Vex
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Torment as a noun (obsolete):
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
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Torment as a noun:
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
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Torment as a noun:
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
Examples:
"He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system."
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Torment as a verb (transitive):
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
Examples:
"The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off."
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Vex as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):
To trouble aggressively, to harass.
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Vex as a verb (transitive):
To annoy, irritate.
Examples:
"Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his [[grade]]s."
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Vex as a verb (transitive):
To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
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Vex as a verb (transitive, rare):
To twist, to weave.
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Vex as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be irritated; to fret.
Examples:
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Vex as a verb (transitive):
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
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Vex as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):
A trouble.