exacerbate vs exasperate
Definitions
verb
- exasperate or irritate
- make worse
Examples
In summary, Dr. Green, after studying and researching this question for over 20 years, it is my firm conviction that aspartame lowers seizure threshold, mimics or exacerbates a wide variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, contributes to the incidence of certain cancers, and because of it's impact on the hypothalamic "appestat" plays a significant role in the world-wide epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
In chronic smoldering cases, inflammatory bowel disease can be misdiagnosed, and treatment with steroids only exacerbates the infection.
But, they add, the feminization of medicine is helping to lower physician salaries, encourage part-time doctoring and exacerbate a looming shortage of physicians.
Definitions
verb
- exasperate or irritate
- make worse
- make furious
Examples
‘No Clymer, I want you to try serving underhand,’ Mrs. Toth said, sounding exasperated.
When guerrilla or partisan warfare further exasperated him, Grant proposed radical measures.
As much as the Formosan exasperated him, Man could not help being fascinated by the story of his life.
