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Worried vs Shrinking - What's the difference?

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Worried is a related term of shrinking.


As verbs the difference between worried and shrinking

is that worried is (worry) while shrinking is .

As an adjective worried

is thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

As a noun shrinking is

the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

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

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    shrinking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.