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impatience vs vexation

vexation vs impatience

impatience and vexation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
impatience Yes No No No
vexation Yes No No No
As nouns, vexation is a hypernym of impatience; that is, vexation is a word with a broader meaning than impatience:
  • impatience: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
  • vexation: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
Other hypernyms of impatience include annoyance, botheration, irritation.
impatience (noun) vexation (noun)
a dislike of anything that causes delay the act of troubling or annoying someone
a restless desire for change and excitement something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay anger produced by some annoying irritation
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
Difference between impatience and vexation

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