Learn English – What’s the difference between verbs pee and piss

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I wonder what's the difference between these two verbs given that the dictionaries translate it the same way?

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Piss would be considered more vulgar, pee would be considered more mild and informal.

It's common to ask a young child, "Do you need to go pee?" I wouldn't ask a young child, "Do you need to take a piss?"

The words also have differences in how they are used, as those questions show. You can go pee, and you can take a piss. (Other variants may apply, with differences in how standard they might be. I wouldn't say that take a pee or go piss are unacceptable, but they don't seem as common.)

Piss can also be used a slang verb. To get pissed is to get very angry. (For example: Joe was pissed about his traffic ticket.)

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