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Pressured vs Tensed - What's the difference?

pressured | tensed |

As verbs the difference between pressured and tensed

is that pressured is (pressure) while tensed is (tense).

pressured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pressure)

  • pressure

    English

    Noun

  • A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
  • Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
  • A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
  • the pressure''' of poverty; the '''pressure''' of taxes; the '''pressure''' of motives on the mind; the ' pressure of civilization.
  • * (rfdate) (Macaulay)
  • Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
  • Distress.
  • She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.
  • * 1649 , (Eikon Basilike)
  • My people's pressures are grievous.
  • * (rfdate) (Atterbury)
  • In the midst of his great troubles and pressures .
  • Urgency
  • the pressure of business
  • (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
  • All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
  • (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
  • Synonyms

    * (distress) affliction, grievance * (urgency)

    Derived terms

    * blood pressure * negative pressure * intraocular pressure * peer pressure * pressurize, pressurise * pressure altimeter * pressure altitude * pressure angle * pressure area * pressure atrophy * pressure bag * pressure bandage * pressure bar * pressure block * pressure cabin * pressure cable * pressure casting * pressure cell * pressure centre, pressure center * pressure chamber * pressure coefficient * pressure contour * pressure cooker * pressure decline * pressure deflection * pressure depth * pressure distillate * pressure distribution * pressure effect * pressure element * pressure epiphysis * pressure fan * pressure field * pressure flaking * pressure flip * pressure force * pressure gauge * pressure gradient * pressure group * pressure head * pressure hull * pressure hydrophone * pressure ice * pressure interface * pressure ionization * pressure jump * pressure line * pressure maintenance * pressure mark * pressure melting * pressure microphone * pressure mine * pressure naphtha * pressure of speech and pressured speech * pressure pad * pressure paralysis * pressure pattern * pressure penitente * pressure pickup * pressure pillow * pressure pipe * pressure point * pressure radius * pressure rating * pressure regulator * pressure ridge * pressure ring * pressure roll * pressure seal * pressure sense * pressure sensibility * pressure-sensitive * pressure solution * pressure sore * pressure suit * pressure survey * pressure tank * pressure tap * pressure tendency * pressure tube * pressure tunnel * pressure ulcer * pressure vector * pressure vessel * pressure viscosity * pressure washer * pressure wave * pressure welding * pressure zone * under pressure

    See also

    * (units of pressure) pascal (Pa); bar, barye (Ba); pounds per square inch (psi, lbf/in2, lb/in2), torr, mmHg, atmosphere (atm)

    Verb

    (pressur)
  • To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
  • Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.

    Anagrams

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    tensed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tense)
  • Anagrams

    *

    tense

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tens (modern French temps), from (etyl) tempus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
  • The basic tenses in English are present, past and future.
    Derived terms
    * tensal

    Verb

    (tens)
  • (grammar) To apply a tense to.
  • tensing a verb

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) tensus, past participle of .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
  • You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense .
  • Pulled taut, without any slack.
  • Derived terms
    * hypertense

    Verb

    (tens)
  • To make or become tense.
  • Anagrams

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