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Distressed vs Devastated - What's the difference?

distressed | devastated |

As adjectives the difference between distressed and devastated

is that distressed is anxious or uneasy while devastated is ruined, ravaged.

As verbs the difference between distressed and devastated

is that distressed is past tense of distress while devastated is past tense of devastate.

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)

    • devastated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ruined, ravaged
  • Extremely upset and shocked.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (devastate)