Difference between Exacerbate and Exasperate

EXACERBATE vs EXASPERATE: ADJECTIVE

To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate.
To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly.
To increase the gravity or intensity of.
To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of.
To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter.

To increase the bitterness or virulence of; make more violent, as a disease, or angry, hostile, or malignant feelings; aggravate; exasperate.

To increase in severity.
Synonyms Provoke, Incense, Exasperate, Irritate; vex, chafe, nettle, sting. The first four words all refer to the production of angry and generally demonstrative feeling. Irritate often has to do with the nerves, but all have to do with the mind. Provoke is perhaps the most sudden; exasperate is the strongest and least self-controlled; incense stands second in these respects.
To augment the intensity of; exacerbate: as, to exasperate inflammation or a part inflamed.
To make grievous or more grievous; aggravate; embitter: as, to exasperate enmity.
To incite by means of irritation; stimulate through anger or rage; stir up.
To irritate to a high degree; make very angry; provoke to rage; enrage: as, to exasperate an opponent.
In botany, rough; covered with hard, projecting points.
Irritated; inflamed.

Heightens, Deteriorate, Compounded, Amplify, Aggravating, Intensify, Escalate, Deepen, Heighten, Magnify, Aggravates, Inflame, Exasperate, Worsen, Aggravate

Bemuse, Enrage, Annoy, Irk, Bewilder, Perplex, Frustrate, Irritate, Vex, Incense, Outrage, Worsen, Exacerbate, Aggravate, Infuriate

Reinforce, Foment, Deteriorate, Compounded, Amplify, Aggravating, Intensify, Escalate, Deepen, Heighten, Magnify, Inflame, Exasperate, Worsen, Aggravate

Bemuse, Enrage, Annoy, Irk, Bewilder, Perplex, Frustrate, Irritate, Vex, Incense, Outrage, Worsen, Exacerbate, Aggravate, Infuriate

It just means that much of the new share holders are weak hands and could exasperate a selloff.
That was a course which in his opinion would be the most likely of all to exasperate.
And then she spat at him to exasperate him more.
The ible is challenging us as parents to not provoke, exasperate, scold and nag our children.
Unrepresented dealing with the bar can contribute to or exasperate numerous errors.
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, for fear they may grow disheartened.
Exasperate gives the impression of being harsh and causing discouragement.
SYN: Inflame, irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, exasperate, chafe, gall.
Slaves could bargain, outwit, and exasperate their masters.
Exasperate, provoke, wound, make worse, intensify, embitter, heighten.