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Both terms mean "harassment". I tried to find out the differences by searching
the Internet, but beyond [this short Q&A in
English](https://hinative.com/questions/17355184):

> いやがらせ means harassment.

> いじめ is more serious harassment than いやがらせ. いじめ is done by group members,
> like classmates.

I just found resources in Japanese talking about it. I tried to go through
those resources (see
[this](https://www.staffservice.co.jp/cheer/help/bullying.html) and
[this](https://meaning-book.com/blog/20210318112123.html)) but I only could
grasp that いやがらせ is for particular actions and いじめ seems to be more serious
and a general situation of harassment rather than a single harassment act
itself. Is this the difference in meaning between these words, or am I missing
something else? Could you provide some example sentences that help to
understand each word better?
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meaning nuances synonyms
What is the difference between 虐め and 嫌がらせ? Can you provide example sentences that highlight the difference?
虐め is referring to long-term abuse (a harsh and serious one)

example:

彼女は虐められたことが原因で心に傷を持っている

嫌がらせ is a kind of teasing and less severe

example:

彼は自分の上司に嫌がらせをしたいと思っている
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I think you get it mostly correctly. いじめ is an extreme instance of いやがらせ,
e.g., as suggested by the following:

>
> [嫌がらせ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AB%8C%E3%81%8C%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B#%E5%A0%B4%E6%89%80)：学校において、特に嫌がらせの相互関係になりやすいのは生徒（もしくは後輩）である。生徒間同士
> **の嫌がらせでは**
> 「仲間はずれ（仲間はずし）」や、「無視（シカト）」などがあるが、もっとも多いのが「[いじめ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%81%98%E3%82%81)」である。

What ultimately distinguishes 嫌がらせ and いじめ would be the perception on the
bullied side, but いじめ usually means a group of people harassing a single
person in longer term.

On the other hand, 嫌がらせ tends to mean individual instances of causing nuisance
to someone. An example of 嫌がらせ that cannot be really an いじめ is something one
does towards a larger organization. A person may dump a garbage at the front
of a company for whatever the reason. This is an 嫌がらせ of the person to the
company. However extreme this gets, this cannot be an いじめ.
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