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displease vs rile

rile vs displease

displease and rile both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
displease No No Yes No
rile No No Yes No
As verbs, rile is a hyponym of displease; that is, rile is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than displease:
  • displease: give displeasure to
  • rile: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Other hyponyms of displease include annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex, repel, repulse, dissatisfy.
displease (verb) rile (verb)
give displeasure to make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Difference between displease and rile

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