Load
Pressure
Pressure noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.
Usage example: a business executive who works well under pressure
Load is a synonym for pressure in force topic. You can use "Load" instead the word "Pressure" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as thing, demand, stress, strain.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional load | emotional pressure |
| high | high load | high pressure |
| full | full load | full pressure |
| low | low load | low pressure |
| Other adjectives: equal, certain, light, heavy, massive, increased, great, huge, mental, less, extra, immense, maximum, wide. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Heavy tanks may be, but those tracks distribute the load well, so the M1A1 has only twice the ground pressure of a man standing still (the ground pressure goes up when walking).
Source: Tank Goodness -
One example is a pair of pressure plates that open and close doors or bridges, then chain up an animal on either end, load it with automated traps, and get goblins to run down it.
Source: Pressure Plate - Environmental Temperatures [in both C and F] Your Body Temperature [in C/F] Your Blood Presurre Your Heart Rate A Malaria Detector [a green/yellow/red dot on the screen with blood pressure/etc] The option to save and load your games [although the icons are confusing as hell].
Source: Video Game / Robinson's Requiem
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