Destress vs. Distress

Destress vs. Distress — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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 distress
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Distressnoun

a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need);

a ship in distressshe was the classic maiden in distress

Distressnoun

extreme physical pain;

the patient appeared to be in distress

Distressnoun

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 lien

Distressverb

cause mental pain to;

The news of her child's illness distressed the mother