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Phobia vs Nervousness - What's the difference?

phobia | nervousness |

As nouns the difference between phobia and nervousness

is that phobia is an irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular while nervousness is the state or quality of being nervous.

phobia

English

Noun

  • An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
    • I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.

    Related terms

    * -phobe * -phobia * -phobic

    Derived terms

    Hyponyms

    * See .

    See also

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    nervousness

    English

    (wikipedia nervousness)

    Noun

  • The state or quality of being nervous.

    • Synonyms

    * nervosity (much less common)

    References

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