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Distressed vs Struggling - What's the difference?

distressed | struggling |

As verbs the difference between distressed and struggling

is that distressed is (distress) while struggling is .

As an adjective distressed

is anxious or uneasy.

As a noun struggling is

the act of one who struggles.

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)

    • struggling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who struggles.
  • * 1848 , Orville Dewey, Discourses on the Nature of Religion
    • All the strugglings of genius in thee, have never equalled the strugglings of virtue in him.