what are the differents beetween chinese words对不起 and 不好意思？

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When they show the meaning "sorry",  they don't have difference .
but sometimes "不好意思" has  another meaning ,that is shame.
for example,he felt "不好意思" ,so many people staring  at him。（这么多人看着他，他觉得很不好意思）

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"不好意思(excuse me)" and "对不起(sorry)" both mean apologize, but “对不起(sorry)”is deeper level than "不好意思(excuse me)".

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对不起is former than 不好意思,and it means appologize seriously ,but 不好意思means maybe it is my fault,and i say sorry to you .

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楼上说的都很对，我补充一下：
“我不好意思说啦”这里的“不好意思”就是害羞的意思，表明这件事难以启齿（I am embarrassed to say ）

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Actually even for me, a chinese, I cant tell the difference. But I often use 不好意思。I think compared with 对不起，the tone is lighter。 And 对不起 is more former than 不好意思.

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