What's the difference between flustered and jealous?

Flustered


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Fluster

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But isn't there a bit of him that wants to gloat; to tell all the kids who thought he was a nerd that he's now this babe magnet, this sex god, this… And now he really is flushed and flustered.
  • (2) Ben Mee was too flustered to risk a challenge, with Hazard easily cutting inside and curling a delicious shot into the far corner of Tom Heaton’s net.
  • (3) Graham Linehan , when we meet as the others grab sandwiches, is flustered from traffic but more so, I suspect, from, at the moment, being the ghost at the feast.
  • (4) While the shop assistants are aware they're playing the role of knicker pimp, of jolly hostess, I wonder if the male customers are aware of their own role, a role learned from the 1970s: flustered man in lingerie department.
  • (5) It was clear that McGregor’s barbs were getting at Diaz, who grew increasingly flustered and struggled to muster replies that went beyond a barrage of expletives.
  • (6) Romney refused to be flustered by the protesters, saying they had a right to express their views, but he brought his speech to an abrupt end soon afterwards, possibly to avoid any further disruption.
  • (7) A police officer at its north-east corner told a crowd of flustered tourists that there was an "activity" in the square and that it would be closed indefinitely.
  • (8) In 2004, George W Bush appeared flustered when asked to name three mistakes he had made as president.
  • (9) Now we’ve been told that the Egyptian government is arguing with David Cameron,” she demanded of the flustered ambassador, shooting back as he tried to answer: “Now you are stuttering.” Earlier Casson had told reporters: “No they haven’t [blocked the flights].
  • (10) Intercepting the ball in central midfield, the Serb rampaged through and beyond four flustered Dynamo players and into the area.
  • (11) Hazard had been a constant menace, flustering Arsenal to the extent that Mathieu Flamini strayed dangerously close to turning one of his crosses into his own net, and Wenger was entitled to be disappointed that his team did not do more to look for rustiness in Petr Cech, the replacement for Courtois.
  • (12) Obama more than matched Romney and ended the stronger of the two on the night, leaving the Republican candidate looking flustered at times, particularly over Libya.
  • (13) But as he began a flustered and angry speech, Griffin already knew that worse was to come.
  • (14) But a flustered Sanders failed to point out that Clinton had attended a fundraiser in Philadelphia hosted by hedge fund managers only last week.
  • (15) The PSG full-back Serge Aurier became incredibly flustered with the Chelsea striker, who received a boot to the leg for his troubles after an arm was robustly thrown into the Ivorian’s face, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic decided the best way to reintroduce himself to John Terry was to put an elbow into his head just moments before putting Laurent Blanc’s team into the lead.
  • (16) But the bloke on the other side of the net also doesn't look particularly flustered.
  • (17) It was election night and David Dimbleby had a cabinet minister on the line: "Now," he said, momentarily flustered, "here is ... Ed Ball's wife."
  • (18) The tension eased, with England were far from flustered on the pitch as they ran out comfortable winners to claim their 10th victory of Group E. They are the sixth team to achieve 100% success in a European Championship qualifying campaign and, while they have not confronted particularly daunting opponents, Hodgson welcomed the recovery from the ignominy of Brazil.
  • (19) He's been due one…Beckerman hoists a long ball forward for Findley to chase and he duly flusters Futty Danso as he tries to shepherd the ball.
  • (20) Not have their identity overlooked with a fluster of fake smiles, feathers and "fabulous, darling".

Jealous


Definition:

  • (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
  • (a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
  • (a.) Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
  • (a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Political leaders in Stormont have looked on jealously as their southern neighbours continue to use low corporate taxes to attract foreign direct investment and want their own rate set at a level close to the republic’s.
  • (2) If you've somehow missed the multi-million-selling series turned mini-series turned musical by the Scissor Sisters let me tell you how very jealous of you I am.
  • (3) "She was jealous of the past, but she'd have done better being jealous of the future," political commentator Catherine Nay said this week.
  • (4) They guard their cashflow increasingly jealously, and one particular sticking point that led to the collapse of Phones 4u is understood to have been the chain's insistence that if it signed a customer up to a network, it should get the entire commission upfront, rather than piecemeal over the life of a 24-month contract.
  • (5) Although I've learned to appreciate the grim beauty of murkiness, the washrag skies and mud so jealous it clings to every step, this emerald vision in the monochrome gloom is startling.
  • (6) In an interview last week with the New York Times , Cyrus had accused the rap star of being jealous and said that she had confronted music industry racism the wrong way.
  • (7) Speculation that a jealous lover could have been responsible for a professional hit in the very heart of Moscow has been dismissed by Nemtsov’s friends and colleagues as implausible.
  • (8) Politicians guard their own privacy pretty jealously.
  • (9) French media describe a dangerous love-life "psychodrama", in which the once-nerdy Socialist president is "sandwiched" between two jealous women from his present and past – a "dysfunctional trio" at the highest levels of the French state, said the leftwing Libération.
  • (10) There is no plot – I have given up proposing ideas because each time I do, the genius jealously feels I am hijacking the grand plan.
  • (11) Everyone has their own opinions, some are probably jealous but it is going to a great cause, it is going to help the youngsters in Banksy's home town."
  • (12) It’s also a comprehensive health and fitness device, it’s GPS-enabled and it hooks up with your iPhone – a dream for NSA agents and jealous-minded partners everywhere.
  • (13) Liverpool, with five points out of six games, left it too late and will be jealous onlookers when the Champions League resumes in February.
  • (14) For a moment I think some jealous caveman has bludgeoned me with a club but, from my prone position, I can see that there is a nasty rock protrusion at head height.
  • (15) That won’t, however, mean opening up her jealously guarded private life.
  • (16) Recently Habibo's hand was broken by a man who was jealous that she had been promoted to join the housing allocation committee.
  • (17) In his memoir , Brown’s former aide Damian McBride candidly describes the thrill of having the ear of one of the most powerful men in the land – though he confesses the prime minister would “stare at [him] sullenly for a moment or two, then say: ‘Get me Ed Balls.’” I certainly met plenty of chiefs of staff and spin doctors who jealously guarded their privileged access to a particular politician and their status as that MP’s “vicar on Earth”.
  • (18) Then [Pharrell] started playing a little something, and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it.” Thicke now claims: “After making six albums that I wrote and produced myself, the biggest hit of my career was written and produced by somebody else, and I was jealous and I wanted some of the credit,” the singer said in his deposition.
  • (19) There are signs of a dark side, too; the jealous possessiveness of friends, the trembling fear of physical intimacy, the ability to work himself up into convenient hysterics at the slightest hint of pressure.
  • (20) The argument that she must be jealous of the models has been levelled at Holmes too.