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Worrying vs Nervous - What's the difference?

worrying | nervous |

As adjectives the difference between worrying and nervous

is that worrying is inducing worry while nervous is (obscure) of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.

As a verb worrying

is .

As a noun worrying

is the act of worrying or harassing somebody.

worrying

English

(wikipedia worrying)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inducing worry.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Moldova did give England's under-employed keeper Joe Hart a worrying moment when Igor Armas sent a free header wide but otherwise it was an easy night.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
  • * Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
    • There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "worrying")

    nervous

    English

    (wikipedia nervous)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obscure) Of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.
  • * '>citation
  • Easily agitated or alarmed; on edge or edgy.
  • Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
  • Relating to or affecting the nerves.
    • the central nervous system

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * calm, relaxed

    Derived terms

    * nervously * nervousness * nervous breakdown * nervous energy * autonomic nervous system * central nervous system * enteric nervous system * parasympathetic nervous system * peripheral nervous system * sympathetic nervous system

    Related terms

    * nervosity

    References

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