Concerned vs. Worried

Concerned vs. Worried — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Concerned and Worried

Concernedadjective

Showing concern.

There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.

Worriedadjective

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.

Concernedadjective

Involved or responsible.

The people concerned have been punished.

Worriedverb

simple past tense and past participle of worry

Concernedverb

simple past tense and past participle of concern

Worriedadjective

afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;

too upset to say anythingspent many disquieted momentsdistressed about her son's leaving homelapsed into disturbed sleepworried parentsa worried frownone last worried check of the sleeping children
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Concernedadjective

feeling or showing worry or solicitude;

concerned parents of youthful offenderswas concerned about the futurewe feel concerned about accomplishing the task at handgreatly concerned not to disappoint a small child

Concernedadjective

involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in;

a memorandum to those concernedan enterprise in which three men are concernedfactors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemicsthe interested parties met to discuss the business

Concernedadjective

in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases;

as far as x is concernedwhere x is concerned

Concernedadjective

culpably involved;

all those concerned in the bribery case have been identifiednamed three officials implicated in the plotan innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime