Annoyance vs. Nuisance

Annoyance vs. Nuisance — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Annoyance and Nuisance

Annoyancenoun

(countable) That which annoys.

Nuisancenoun

A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

Annoyancenoun

(countable) An act or instance of annoying.

Nuisancenoun

A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

Annoyancenoun

(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

Nuisancenoun

(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

a public nuisance
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Annoyancenoun

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Nuisancenoun

(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

Annoyancenoun

anger produced by some annoying irritation

Nuisancenoun

a bothersome annoying person;

that kid is a terrible pain

Annoyancenoun

an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating

Annoyancenoun

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;

washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washera bit of a botherhe's not a friend, he's an infliction
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Annoyancenoun

the act of troubling or annoying someone