Ease
Ease noun - Freedom from activity or labor.
Usage example: the dream of every lottery player is a life of fabulous luxury and everlasting ease
Pressure
Pressure noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.
How words are described
| high | high ease | high pressure |
| low | low ease | low pressure |
| equal | equal ease | equal pressure |
| similar | similar ease | similar pressure |
| Other adjectives: considerable, light, sheer, extreme, great, social, incredible, tremendous, maximum, international, increasing. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A Water jet cutter (think of a pressure washer on steroids) can cut through plastic and wood with ease.
Source: Kill It with Water -
The real reason for the disastrous Dieppe raid of 1942 was to ease considerable pressure on Britain to launch an invasion of France that year.
Source: Shoot the Dog - The event finally makes his mother ease up on the pressure.
Source: Series / School 2013
Cite this Source
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