What's the difference between bother and botherer?

Bother


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
  • (v. i.) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
  • (2) Unless you are part of some Unite-esque scheme to join up as part of a grand revolutionary plan, why would you bother shelling out for a membership card?
  • (3) Dinner is the usual “international” menu that few will bother with given the wealth of choice nearby.
  • (4) Despite excellent control of acute-stage emesis, some patients are still bothered by delayed emesis occurring more than 24 hours after cisplatin administration.
  • (5) Given this bipartisan strategy to minimise commitments, there is little wonder that voter turnout also reached a historical low, with less than two thirds bothering to vote in the east.
  • (6) I do think it is set fair but I am more bothered about the eurozone.
  • (7) These were: urinary symptoms, degree of bother due to urinary symptoms, BPH-specific interference with activities, general psychological well-being, worries and concerns, and sexual satisfaction.
  • (8) Interactive guide Election countdown: the key dates up to June 7 Interactive quizzes Can you be bothered?
  • (9) TV's Jeremy Paxman didn't even bother hiding his disdain for the introduction of weather reports to Newsnight – "It's April.
  • (10) And indeed both E.ON and SSE offer these for those who bother to switch,” he added.
  • (11) After the first couple days like everyone was like: 'Ah, I can't be bothered.
  • (12) Had they bothered to inquire of a veteran from the ranks, they might have heard how exasperating it is to see the dainty long-range patriots of Labour thrashing it out with the staunch gutter jingoists of the Conservative party – and barely a non-commissioned vet among them.
  • (13) I have been noticing, with sadness, that politicians do not even bother invoking the American Dream anymore.
  • (14) "No one ever bothered him at the suppers," former pastor Bob Moyer of Hartland told the paper.
  • (15) Refusing to play in the Seven Kingdoms league, the all black kit helps the team in matches against Wildling FC, who never bother to wear the same colours.
  • (16) No one else need bother to paint them as a ramshackle and rancorous rabble marooned in the past and without a plausible account of the future.
  • (17) With the coming of the meritocracy, the now leaderless masses were partially disfranchised; as time has gone by, more and more of them have been disengaged, and disaffected to the extent of not even bothering to vote.
  • (18) A cursory web search would have helped but fewer of us bother when the news is relatively inconsequential.
  • (19) What bothers me is that a club would contact the manager of a national team without first notifying the Federation.
  • (20) Arsenal responded in the only way they know, with Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Jack Wilshere and Oxlade-Chamberlain all involved in intricate passing patterns on the edge of the area, though there was no end product to bother Tim Howard apart from another long shot from Oxlade-Chamberlain that drifted wide.

Botherer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who bothers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
  • (2) Unless you are part of some Unite-esque scheme to join up as part of a grand revolutionary plan, why would you bother shelling out for a membership card?
  • (3) Dinner is the usual “international” menu that few will bother with given the wealth of choice nearby.
  • (4) Despite excellent control of acute-stage emesis, some patients are still bothered by delayed emesis occurring more than 24 hours after cisplatin administration.
  • (5) Given this bipartisan strategy to minimise commitments, there is little wonder that voter turnout also reached a historical low, with less than two thirds bothering to vote in the east.
  • (6) I do think it is set fair but I am more bothered about the eurozone.
  • (7) These were: urinary symptoms, degree of bother due to urinary symptoms, BPH-specific interference with activities, general psychological well-being, worries and concerns, and sexual satisfaction.
  • (8) Interactive guide Election countdown: the key dates up to June 7 Interactive quizzes Can you be bothered?
  • (9) TV's Jeremy Paxman didn't even bother hiding his disdain for the introduction of weather reports to Newsnight – "It's April.
  • (10) And indeed both E.ON and SSE offer these for those who bother to switch,” he added.
  • (11) After the first couple days like everyone was like: 'Ah, I can't be bothered.
  • (12) Had they bothered to inquire of a veteran from the ranks, they might have heard how exasperating it is to see the dainty long-range patriots of Labour thrashing it out with the staunch gutter jingoists of the Conservative party – and barely a non-commissioned vet among them.
  • (13) I have been noticing, with sadness, that politicians do not even bother invoking the American Dream anymore.
  • (14) "No one ever bothered him at the suppers," former pastor Bob Moyer of Hartland told the paper.
  • (15) Refusing to play in the Seven Kingdoms league, the all black kit helps the team in matches against Wildling FC, who never bother to wear the same colours.
  • (16) No one else need bother to paint them as a ramshackle and rancorous rabble marooned in the past and without a plausible account of the future.
  • (17) With the coming of the meritocracy, the now leaderless masses were partially disfranchised; as time has gone by, more and more of them have been disengaged, and disaffected to the extent of not even bothering to vote.
  • (18) A cursory web search would have helped but fewer of us bother when the news is relatively inconsequential.
  • (19) What bothers me is that a club would contact the manager of a national team without first notifying the Federation.
  • (20) Arsenal responded in the only way they know, with Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Jack Wilshere and Oxlade-Chamberlain all involved in intricate passing patterns on the edge of the area, though there was no end product to bother Tim Howard apart from another long shot from Oxlade-Chamberlain that drifted wide.

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