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Dispassionate vs Distressed - What's the difference?

dispassionate | distressed |

As adjectives the difference between dispassionate and distressed

is that dispassionate is not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice while distressed is anxious or uneasy.

As a verb distressed is

(distress).

dispassionate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice

    • Synonyms

    * nonpassionate * unpassionate

    Antonyms

    * passionate

    Derived terms

    * dispassionately * dispassionateness

    distressed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • anxious or uneasy
    • I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
  • (of merchandise etc) damaged
  • (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
  • (of furniture etc) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (distress)