Destress vs. Distress
Difference Between Destress and Distress
Destressverb
(transitive) To reduce the stresses in a material.
Distressnoun
(Cause of) discomfort.
Destressverb
(ambitransitive) To reduce the stress in oneself or another person.
Distressnoun
Serious danger.
Destressverb
(transitive) To reduce emphasis.
Distressnoun
(legal) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
Destressverb
reduce the emphasis
Distressnoun
(legal) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
Distressverb
To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
Distressverb
(legal) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
Distressverb
To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
a pair of distressed jeansShe distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.Distressnoun
psychological suffering;
the death of his wife caused him great distressDistressnoun
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need);
a ship in distressshe was the classic maiden in distressDistressnoun
extreme physical pain;
the patient appeared to be in distressDistressnoun
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim;
Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lienDistressverb
cause mental pain to;
The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
