Pressing vs Vital - What's the difference?
pressing | vital | Synonyms |
Needing urgent attention.
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* 1841 , , Barnaby Rudge , ch. 75,
Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
* 1891 , , The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. 2,
* 1908 , , "The Duel,"
The application of pressure by a press or other means.
A metal or plastic part made with a press.
The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
Urgent insistence.
Relating to, or characteristic of life.
Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
* Spenser
Invigorating or life-giving.
Necessary to continued existence.
Relating to the recording of life events.
Very important.
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Containing life; living.
* Milton
* Alexander Pope
Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Pressing is a synonym of vital.
As adjectives the difference between pressing and vital
is that pressing is needing urgent attention while vital is relating to, or characteristic of life.As a noun pressing
is the application of pressure by a press or other means.As a verb pressing
is .pressing
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Argentinians support the "Malvinas" cause, which is written into the constitution. But they are also worried about pressing economic problems such as inflation, rising crime and corruption.
- “I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”
- You are very pressing , Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
- He was pressing and persuasive.
Derived terms
* pressingly * pressingnessQuotations
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(en noun)Verb
(head)vital
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(wikipedia vital)Adjective
(en adjective)- vital''' energies; '''vital''' functions; '''vital actions
- The brain is a vital organ.
- Do the heavens afford him vital food?
- The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
- Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
- It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
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- spirits that live throughout, vital in every part
- The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part.
- Pythagoras and Hippocrates affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital .