Stress vs Puissance - What's the difference?
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(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.
(uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
(uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
(Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
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).
To emphasise (words in speaking).
To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
Power, might or potency.
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Stress is a related term of puissance.
As nouns the difference between stress and puissance
is that stress is stress (emotional pressure) while puissance is power, might or potency.stress
English
Noun
- Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
- Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
- (Spenser)
Synonyms
* (phonetics) accent, emphasis * (on words in speaking) emphasis * (on a point) emphasisVerb
- “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
- 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, underlineDerived terms
* stressed * stress outReferences
puissance
English
Noun
(-)- We easily pronounce puissance , truth and justice; they be words importing some great matter, but that thing we neither see nor conceive.
- Any impression of mental puissance might have been increased by the fact that I was usually to be seen working hard with notebook and biro, shaping up a new book review or a linking script.