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Anxiety vs Fantod - What's the difference?

anxiety | fantod |

As nouns the difference between anxiety and fantod

is that anxiety is an unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event while fantod is (chiefly|in the plural|dated) a state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.

anxiety

Noun

(anxieties)
  • An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
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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.
  • An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
  • I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.
  • (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
  • Synonyms

    * care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

    fantod

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fanted

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural, dated) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.
  • For examples of usage of this sense, see fantods
  • An irritable outburst.
  • See also

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    References

    * MedicineNet.com