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Quaking vs Anxiety - What's the difference?

quaking | anxiety | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between quaking and anxiety

is that quaking is the action of the verb to quake while anxiety is an unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

As an adjective quaking

is that shakes or shivers.

As a verb quaking

is present participle of lang=en.

quaking

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of the verb to quake .
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • That shakes or shivers.
  • Derived terms

    * quaking aspen * quaking bog

    Verb

    (head)
  • anxiety

    Noun

    (anxieties)
  • An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
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  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=4 citation , passage=The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.}}
  • * 2005 , .
  • But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
  • An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
  • I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.
  • (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
  • Synonyms

    * care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress