bug vs pique

bug

verb
  • To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others. 

  • To install an electronic listening device or devices in. 

  • To annoy. 

noun
  • A problem that needs fixing. 

  • A manually positioned marker in flight instruments. 

  • HIV. 

  • A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating. 

  • A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker. 

  • An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance. 

  • Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath. 

  • A young apprentice jockey. 

  • A keen enthusiast or hobbyist. 

  • A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device. 

  • A trilobite. 

  • A semi-automated telegraph key. 

  • An enthusiasm for something; an obsession. 

  • Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest. 

  • Synonym of union bug. 

  • Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug. 

  • A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it. 

  • A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users. 

  • A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel. 

  • A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations. 

  • An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). 

pique

verb
  • To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend. 

  • To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest. 

  • To score a pique against (someone). 

  • To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest). 

  • To pride (oneself) on something. 

  • To take pride in. 

noun
  • Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute. 

  • Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride. 

  • In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one. 

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