aggression vs irritation

irritation vs aggression

aggression and irritation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aggression	Yes	No	No	No
irritation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, irritation is a hyponym of aggression; that is, irritation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aggression:

aggression: deliberately unfriendly behavior
irritation: unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

Other hyponyms of aggression include aggravation, provocation, bitchery, bullying, intimidation, hell raising, raising hell, self-assertion.

aggression (noun)	irritation (noun)
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked	unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
deliberately unfriendly behavior	the act of troubling or annoying someone
the act of initiating hostilities	an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
a disposition to behave aggressively	a sudden outburst of anger
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack	the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
	the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
	(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation

Difference between aggression and irritation

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