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pain in the neck vs nuisance

nuisance vs pain in the neck

pain in the neck and nuisance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pain in the neck Yes No No No
nuisance Yes No No No
As nouns, pain in the neck and nuisance are synonyms defined as:
  • pain in the neck and nuisance: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Other synonyms of pain in the neck include annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass.
As nouns, nuisance is a hyponym of pain in the neck; that is, nuisance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pain in the neck:
  • pain in the neck: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
  • nuisance: (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
Other hyponyms of pain in the neck include irritant, thorn, plague.
pain in the neck (noun) nuisance (noun)
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Difference between pain in the neck and nuisance

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