Difference between Irritate and Vex

IRRITATE vs VEX: NOUN

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
To introduce irritability.
To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
Excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame

To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy: : annoy.
To make sore or inflamed.
To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
To be a cause of impatience or anger.

To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret
To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex.

To irritate, bother, or frustrate: : annoy.
To cause perplexity in; baffle.
To cause difficulty or trouble to.
To cause pain or physical distress to; afflict.
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
To twist; to weave.

Excited; exasperated; intensified.
Cause annoyance in
To excite to resentment or anger; annoy; vex; exasperate: as, to be irritated by an officious or a tedious person.
To excite to automatic action by external agency, as organic tissue; produce motion, contraction, or inflammation in by stimulation: as, to irritate the skin by chafing or the nerves by teasing.
To give greater force or energy to; excite.
To render null and void.
Synonyms Provoke, Incense, etc. (see exasperate); fret, chafe, nettle, sting, annoy, gall, inflame, excite, anger, enrage.

To make angry by little provocations; excite slight anger or displeasure in; trouble by petty or light annoyances; irritate; tease; fret; plague; annoy; harass.
To make sorrowful; grieve; afflict; distress.
Synonyms Annoy, Plague, etc. (see tease), provoke, gall, chafe. To disquiet.
To fret; be teased or irritated; feel annoyed, angry, or distressed.
Cause annoyance in
Disturb the peace of mind of
To agitate; disturb; overturn or throw into commotion; hence, to dispute; contest; cause to be discussed: in this sense chiefly used in the past participle: as, a vexed (much discussed but unsettled) question.

Pique, Cause, Miff, Irk, Get at, Gravel, Get to, Nettle, Devil, Nark, Rag, Vex, Bother, Rile, Annoy

Roil, Preoccupy, Exasperate, Gravel, Irk, Get at, Get to, Nark, Devil, Rag, Nettle, Bother, Annoy, Rile, Irritate

Roil, Chafe, Cause, Miff, Irk, Get at, Gravel, Get to, Nettle, Devil, Nark, Rag, Vex, Rile, Annoy

Tease, Roil, Preoccupy, Exasperate, Irk, Gravel, Get at, Get to, Nark, Devil, Rag, Nettle, Annoy, Rile, Irritate

VEX: Yeah, why am I writing this down?
Helena also highlights the gender differences that vex.
Cabal, Eliksni, Krill, Psions, and even the Vex.
Do not vex a Jat in the jungle.
Vex Me not with Brooding on the Years.
VEX EDR Latex Tubing is great for any application on a VEX EDR robot requiring spring loading.
VEX AI robotics teams will have an opportunity to compete in the VEX AI Competition.
The most common types are the VEX Continuous Rotation Motors and VEX Servos.
VEX EDR robots can be programmed using a variety of software solutions, such as ROBOTC included in ALL VEX kits.
VEX IQ is used in the VEX IQ Challenge and VEX EDR is used in VEX Robotics Competition or VRC.