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Stressful vs Troublesome - What's the difference?

stressful | troublesome |

As adjectives the difference between stressful and troublesome

is that stressful is irritating; causing stress while troublesome is giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

stressful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Irritating; causing stress.
    • I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. –Richard Nelson Bolles

    Related terms

    * stress

    troublesome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
    • The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * untroublesome * nontroublesome