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Stressed vs Worried - What's the difference?

stressed | worried |

As verbs the difference between stressed and worried

is that stressed is past tense of stress while worried is past tense of worry.

As adjectives the difference between stressed and worried

is that stressed is suffering stress (either physical or mental while worried is thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

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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    worried

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
    • She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

    Derived terms

    * unworried

    Verb

    (head)
  • (worry)

    • Derived terms

    * worriedly * worriedness

    Anagrams

    * *