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Difference Between Prominence and Stress

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Prominence

The state of being important, famous, or noticeable
She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s
The commission gave the case a prominence which it might otherwise have escaped

Stress

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object
The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar

Prominence

The fact or state of projecting from something
Radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract

Stress

A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances
He's obviously under a lot of stress
Stress-related illnesses

Prominence

The quality or condition of being prominent.
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Stress

Physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances
In many areas irrigation is warranted to avoid plant stress

Prominence

Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.

Stress

Particular emphasis or importance
He has started to lay greater stress on the government's role in industry

Prominence

(Anatomy) A small projection or protuberance.

Stress

Give particular emphasis or importance to (a point, statement, or idea) made in speech or writing
They stressed the need for reform
‘I want it done very, very neatly,’ she stressed
She was anxious to stress that her daughter's safety was her only concern
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Prominence

(Astronomy) A tonguelike cloud of luminous gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.

Stress

Subject to pressure or tension
This type of workout does stress the shoulder and knee joints

Prominence

The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

Stress

Cause mental or emotional strain or tension in
I avoid many of the things that used to stress me before

Prominence

Relative importance.

Stress

Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something.

Prominence

A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.

Stress

The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken.

Prominence

(topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.

Stress

The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase.

Prominence

(astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.

Stress

The relative force of sound or emphasis given a syllable or word in accordance with a metrical pattern.

Prominence

The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.

Stress

A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern.

Prominence

That which is prominent; a protuberance.

Stress

An accent or mark representing such emphasis or force.

Prominence

The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

Stress

The internal distribution of force per unit area within a body subject to an applied force or system of forces.

Prominence

Relative importance

Stress

The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces.

Prominence

Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

Stress

A condition of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain
"He presided over the economy during the period of its greatest stress and danger" (Robert J. Samuelson).

Stress

A condition of physiological or psychological disturbance to the normal functioning or well-being of an organism, occurring as a response to any of various environmental or psychosocial stimuli. Signs and symptoms of stress in humans include increased blood pressure, insomnia, and irritability.

Stress

A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition
Couldn't stand the stresses of the job and quit.

Stress

To place emphasis on
Stressed basic fire safety in her talk.

Stress

To give prominence of sound to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern.

Stress

(Informal) To subject to physiological or mental stress or strain. Often used with out
The pressure of the deadline is really stressing me out.

Stress

To subject to mechanical pressure or force.

Stress

To undergo physiological or mental stress, as from working too much. Often used with out.

Stress

(biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

Stress

(biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

Stress

The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

Stress

Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

Stress

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.

Stress

A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.

Stress

The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.

Stress

(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

Stress

Obsolete form of distress

Stress

Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Stress

(transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

Stress

(transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

Stress

To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

Stress

(transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
“Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.

Stress

(transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).

Stress

(transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.

Stress

Distress.
Sad hersal of his heavy stress.

Stress

Pressure, strain; - used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise, yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their strength.
A body may as well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream.

Stress

The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
Stress is the mutual action between portions of matter.

Stress

Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, 31-35.

Stress

Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Stress

To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.

Stress

To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

Stress

To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.

Stress

To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.

Stress

The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
He put the stress on the wrong syllable

Stress

(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;
He suffered from fatigue and emotional tension
Stress is a vasoconstrictor

Stress

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body;
The intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area

Stress

Special emphasis attached to something;
The stress was more on accuracy than on speed

Stress

Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
She endured the stresses and strains of life
He presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger

Stress

To stress, single out as important;
Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet

Stress

Put stress on; utter with an accent;
In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word

Stress

Test the limits of;
You are trying my patience!

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