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Repression vs Pression - What's the difference?

repression | pression |

As nouns the difference between repression and pression

is that repression is the act of repressing; state of being repressed while pression is pressure or an act of applying pressure.

repression

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
  • The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

    • pression

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Pressure or an act of applying pressure.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989

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