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Stress vs Knacker - What's the difference?

stress | knacker |

As a noun stress

is stress (emotional pressure).

As a verb knacker is

.

stress

English

Noun

  • (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting to applied forces which causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by
  • (countable, physics) externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
  • (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
    • Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
  • (uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
    • Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • (uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
  • (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
    • (Spenser)
  • (Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

    • Synonyms

    * (phonetics) accent, emphasis * (on words in speaking) emphasis * (on a point) emphasis

    Verb

  • To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
  • To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
  • (informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
  • To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
    • “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
  • To emphasise (words in speaking).
  • To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
    • I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.

    Synonyms

    * (phonetics) emphasise/emphasize * (on words in speaking) emphasise/emphasize * (on a point) emphasise/emphasize, underline

    Derived terms

    * stressed * stress out

    References

    Related terms

    * strain * strait * strict * stringent * stringency ----

    knacker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
    • (Mortimer)
  • One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.
    • (Halliwell)
  • A harness maker.
  • One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
  • * 1933 , George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition, pg. 117-118,
    • After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker
  • One who dismantles old ships, houses etc., and sells their components.
  • (Ireland, British, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.
  • (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.

    • Derived terms

    * knacker's yard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tire out, become exhausted.
    • Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out