Cause and Stress

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Stress and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Cause and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

physical	physical cause	physical stress
initial	initial cause	initial stress
sufficient	sufficient cause	sufficient stress
big	big cause	big stress
Other adjectives: great, serious, little, new, major, less, greater.

cause fear

stress fear

This can cause bad biofeedback that heightens stress responses instead of dissipating them.

Source: Don't Think, Feel
Struggling in a panic may actually cause you to drag yourself down instead of up, and survival guides stress the importance of staying still if this starts to happen.

Source: Quicksand Sucks
The victim's getting his cerebellum knocked around (which can easily cause unconsciousness) and putting tons of stress on the spine.

Source: Suplex Finisher

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