Stress and Shock

Stress

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

Shock and stress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shock" instead the word "Stress" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

Shock

Shock noun - A forceful coming together of two things.

Stress and shock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stress" instead the word "Shock" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: shocking, shocked, shockingly, shocker

How words are described

emotional emotional stress emotional shock
physical physical stress physical shock
pure pure stress pure shock
initial initial stress initial shock
Other adjectives: considerable, sheer, severe, massive, big, extreme, great, serious, little, psychic, major, incredible, mental, psychological, less, tremendous, added, sudden, resulting.

Common collocations

power stress power shock power
way stress way shock way
friends stress friends shock friends
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