Stressed vs Stress - What's the difference?
stressed | stress | Derived terms |
(stress)
suffering stress (either physical or mental)
(phonetics) having a stress or accent
(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.
Stress is a derived term of stressed.
As verbs the difference between stressed and stress
is that stressed is past tense of stress while stress is to apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.As an adjective stressed
is suffering stress (either physical or mental.As a noun stress is
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 σ.stressed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* unstressedAnagrams
*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.