Prominence vs. Stress — What's the Difference?

The state of being important, famous, or noticeable

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object

The fact or state of projecting from something

A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances

The quality or condition of being prominent.

Physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances

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

Particular emphasis or importance

(Anatomy) A small projection or protuberance.

Give particular emphasis or importance to (a point, statement, or idea) made in speech or writing

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

Subject to pressure or tension

The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

Cause mental or emotional strain or tension in

Relative importance.

Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern.

That which is prominent; a protuberance.

An accent or mark representing such emphasis or force.

The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

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

Relative importance

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

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

A condition of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain

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.

A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition

To place emphasis on

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

(Informal) To subject to physiological or mental stress or strain. Often used with out

To subject to mechanical pressure or force.

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

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

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

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.

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

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

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.

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.

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

Obsolete form of distress

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

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

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

To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

(transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

(transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).

(transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

Distress.

Pressure, strain; - used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.

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.

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.

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

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

To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.

To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.

The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body;

Special emphasis attached to something;

Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;

To stress, single out as important;

Put stress on; utter with an accent;

Test the limits of;