Difference between Bother and Gravel

What is the difference between Bother and Gravel?

Bother as a verb is to annoy, to disturb, to irritate. while Gravel as a verb is to apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.

Bother

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. To do something at one's own inconvenience. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Fuss, ado. Trouble, inconvenience.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: A mild expression of annoyance.

Example sentence: It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

Gravel

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.To puzzle or annoy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.

Example sentence: The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.

We hope you now know whether to use Bother or Gravel in your sentence.

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