Affliction
Affliction noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.
Stress and affliction are semantically related in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a noun "Affliction".
Stress
Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.
Affliction and stress are semantically related in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Affliction" instead a noun "Stress", if it concerns topics such as physical or mental pressure.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| physical | physical affliction | physical stress |
| severe | severe affliction | severe stress |
| mental | mental affliction | mental stress |
| psychological | psychological affliction | psychological stress |
| Other adjectives: temporary, negative, additional, resulting. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Heroic Willpower: Sometimes, when a hero's stress is maxed, their resolve comes back in full force, giving them a virtue instead of an affliction.
Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon - Drowning My Sorrows: Alcoholism is just one affliction that characters can get as the stress makes them crack.
Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon - Side effects include moral, gender, sexuality dissonance, trauma, depression, stress, addiction, nausea, mental affliction, nightmares and tiredness.
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