Impediment and Stress

Impediment

Impediment noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.

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

Nearby Words: impede, impedimental

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

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

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

high	high impediment	high stress
physical	physical impediment	physical stress
heavy	heavy impediment	heavy stress
big	big impediment	big stress
Other adjectives: extreme, great, serious, little, social, major, temporary, significant.

It does, however, become noticeably stronger when he's under emotional stress in "Heavy Metal" (which actually has a "special thanks" credit at the end of the episode for speech impediment specialist Elaine Kelman).

Source: Western Animation / Thunderbirds Are Go
Speech Impediment: Claudius' stammer, which is caused mostly by stress.

Source: Literature / I, Claudius

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