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Stressed vs Apprehensive - What's the difference?

stressed | apprehensive |

As adjectives the difference between stressed and apprehensive

is that stressed is suffering stress (either physical or mental) while apprehensive is .

As a verb stressed

is (stress).

stressed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stress)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • suffering stress (either physical or mental)
  • (phonetics) having a stress or accent

    • Antonyms

    * unstressed

    Related terms

    * stressed-out

    Anagrams

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    apprehensive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
  • * 1719 ,
    • this convinced me that there was no going on shore for us in the night on that coast, and how to venture on shore in the day was another question too; for to have fallen into the hands of any of the savages had been as bad as to have fallen into the hands of the lions and tigers; at least we were equally apprehensive of the danger of it.
  • Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect.
  • * 1670 ,
    • More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.

    Derived terms

    * apprehensively