Fret and Stress

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Fret verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

Usage example: don't fret over whether it will be sunny tomorrow, as there's nothing we can do about it

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Stress and fret are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a verb "Fret".

Nearby Words: fretful, fretted, fretting, fretwork

Stress verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

Usage example: the restaurant manager has a tendency to stress about every little thing that goes wrong

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Fret and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fret" instead a verb "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

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