Anxiety vs Avoidance - What's the difference?
anxiety | avoidance |
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
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An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
The act of annulling; annulment.
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
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Any thing that is to be avoided
The courts by which anything is carried off.
As nouns the difference between anxiety and avoidance
is that anxiety is an unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event while avoidance is the act of annulling; annulment.anxiety
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- But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
- I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.