Worry vs. Beset — What's the Difference?

Worry refers to the thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature in a repetitive, uncontrollable manner that results from a proactive cognitive risk analysis made to avoid or solve anticipated potential threats and their potential consequences.

BESET Goddess of Security and Domestic Protection. Consort to Bes.

To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled.

To attack from all sides.

To seize something with the teeth and bite or tear repeatedly

To trouble persistently; harass.

To touch or handle something nervously or persistently

To hem in; surround

To attempt to deal with something in a persistent or dogged manner

To stud, as with jewels.

To cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled.

(transitive) To surround or hem in.

To seize with the teeth and bite or tug at repeatedly

To attack or assail, especially from all sides.

To touch or handle nervously or persistently

(transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.

To attack roughly and repeatedly; harass

(nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.

To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

To attempt to deal with in a persistent or repeated manner

To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

To chase and nip at or attack

To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; - said of dangers, obstacles, etc.

The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness

To occupy; to employ; to use up.

A source of nagging concern or uneasiness.

Annoy continually or chronically;

(intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

Assail or attack on all sides:

(transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.

Decorate or cover lavishly with gems

(transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.

(transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

(transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.

To strangle.

A strong feeling of anxiety.

An instance or cause of such a feeling.

A person who causes worry.

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.

To harass with labor; to fatigue.

To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.

A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.

Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness;

A strong feeling of anxiety;

Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy;

Be concerned with;

Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress;

Be on the mind of;

Lacerate by biting;

Touch or rub constantly;