Vex vs Wrath - What's the difference?

vex | wrath |

As verbs the difference between vex and wrath

is that vex is to trouble aggressively, to harass while wrath is to anger; to enrage.

As nouns the difference between vex and wrath

is that vex is initialism of w:Venus Express|Venus Express|lang=en while wrath is great anger.

As an adjective wrath is

wrathful; very angry.

vex

English

Verb

(es)

To trouble aggressively, to harass.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:

In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.

To annoy, irritate.

Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.

To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

(rare) To twist, to weave.

* Dryden

some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom

(obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.

(Chapman)

To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

* Alexander Pope

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "vex")

Synonyms

* (to annoy) agitate, irritate * (to cause mental suffering) afflict, torment

Derived terms

* vexed * vexer * vexingly * vexation * vexatious

wrath

English

Noun

(en-noun)

Great anger.

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(rare) Punishment.

* Bible, (w) xiii. 4

A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

(trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.

Synonyms

* (great anger) fury, ire

Derived terms

* grapes of wrath * wrathful

Adjective

(en adjective)

(rare) Wrathful; very angry.

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To anger; to enrage.

* (Chaucer)

* (Piers Plowman)

(Webster 1913)