Suppressed vs Pressed - What's the difference?
suppressed | pressed |
(suppress)
to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue
to restrain or repress an expression
(psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
to prevent publication
to stop a flow or stream
(US, legal) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained
(electronics) to reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal
(obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low
(press)
contraction of impressed
Under strain or deprivation.
As verbs the difference between suppressed and pressed
is that suppressed is (suppress) while pressed is (press).As an adjective pressed is
under strain or deprivation.suppressed
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(head)suppress
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- ''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .
- ''I struggled to suppress my smile.
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
- ''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
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(en adjective)- The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.
- He found himself hard pressed .