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Pressure vs Stamina - What's the difference?

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Pressure is a related term of stamina.


As a verb pressure

is .

As an adjective pressure

is squeezed.

As a noun stamina is

(uncountable|now considered singular) the energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

pressure

English

Noun

  • A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
    • Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
  • A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
    • the pressure''' of poverty; the '''pressure''' of taxes; the '''pressure''' of motives on the mind; the ' pressure of civilization.
  • * (rfdate) (Macaulay)
    • Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
  • Distress.
    • She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.
  • * 1649 , (Eikon Basilike)
    • My people's pressures are grievous.
  • * (rfdate) (Atterbury)
    • In the midst of his great troubles and pressures .
  • Urgency
    • the pressure of business
  • (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
    • All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
  • (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.

    • Synonyms

    * (distress) affliction, grievance * (urgency)

    Derived terms

    * blood pressure * negative pressure * intraocular pressure * peer pressure * pressurize, pressurise * pressure altimeter * pressure altitude * pressure angle * pressure area * pressure atrophy * pressure bag * pressure bandage * pressure bar * pressure block * pressure cabin * pressure cable * pressure casting * pressure cell * pressure centre, pressure center * pressure chamber * pressure coefficient * pressure contour * pressure cooker * pressure decline * pressure deflection * pressure depth * pressure distillate * pressure distribution * pressure effect * pressure element * pressure epiphysis * pressure fan * pressure field * pressure flaking * pressure flip * pressure force * pressure gauge * pressure gradient * pressure group * pressure head * pressure hull * pressure hydrophone * pressure ice * pressure interface * pressure ionization * pressure jump * pressure line * pressure maintenance * pressure mark * pressure melting * pressure microphone * pressure mine * pressure naphtha * pressure of speech and pressured speech * pressure pad * pressure paralysis * pressure pattern * pressure penitente * pressure pickup * pressure pillow * pressure pipe * pressure point * pressure radius * pressure rating * pressure regulator * pressure ridge * pressure ring * pressure roll * pressure seal * pressure sense * pressure sensibility * pressure-sensitive * pressure solution * pressure sore * pressure suit * pressure survey * pressure tank * pressure tap * pressure tendency * pressure tube * pressure tunnel * pressure ulcer * pressure vector * pressure vessel * pressure viscosity * pressure washer * pressure wave * pressure welding * pressure zone * under pressure

    See also

    * (units of pressure) pascal (Pa); bar, barye (Ba); pounds per square inch (psi, lbf/in2, lb/in2), torr, mmHg, atmosphere (atm)

    Verb

    (pressur)
  • To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
    • Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.

    Anagrams

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    stamina

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, now considered singular) The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
  • :: He has a lot of stamina . I suppose that is why he can run for a long time.
  • (botany, rare) English plurals
  • * 1790 , William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed , Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,
    • In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.
  • * 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery'', in ''The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction , Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,
    • The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.
  • (obsolete, as plural) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

    • Anagrams

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