Jinx vs Vex - What's the difference?
jinx | vex |
A hex; an evil spell.
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
To cast a spell on.
To bring bad luck to.
Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.
To trouble aggressively, to harass.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:
To annoy, irritate.
To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
(rare) To twist, to weave.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
* Alexander Pope
As nouns the difference between jinx and vex
is that jinx is a hex; an evil spell while vex is (space|esa).As a verb jinx
is to cast a spell on.As an interjection jinx
is used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.jinx
English
Noun
(jinxes)Synonyms
* (hex) curse, hoodoo, Indian sign, spellDerived terms
* reverse jinxVerb
Interjection
(head)Synonyms
* (used after simultaneous response) snapExternal links
* (wikipedia "jinx")vex
English
Verb
(es)- In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.
- Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
- some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
- (Chapman)
- White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.