Stimulus and Stress

Stimulus

Stimulus noun - Something that arouses action or activity.
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Synonyms for Stimulus

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

Stress

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

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

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

How words are described

emotional emotional stimulus emotional stress
physical physical stimulus physical stress
sufficient sufficient stimulus sufficient stress
constant constant stimulus constant stress
Other adjectives: extreme, new, outside, less, sudden.
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