Tension vs. Suspense

The act or process of stretching something tight.

Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation

The condition of so being stretched; tautness.

The quality in a work of narrative art, such as a novel or film, that causes the audience to experience pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome.

A force tending to stretch or elongate something.

(Archaic) The state or quality of being undecided, uncertain, or indecisive

A measure of such a force

The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.

Mental, emotional, or nervous strain

The pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.

Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups

The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.

A balanced relation between strongly opposing elements

(legal) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.

The interplay of conflicting elements in a piece of literature, especially a poem.

A deadline.

A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom.

(obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

(Electricity) Voltage or potential; electromotive force.

(obsolete) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

To subject to tension; tighten.

Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.

Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

Psychological state of being tense.

The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.

A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.

Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.

A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.

Force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on, in, or of, e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends).

Apprehension about what is going to happen

Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.

An uncertain cognitive state;

To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.

Excited anticipation of an approaching climax;

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.

Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.

The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.

A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.

Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air.

The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.

Feelings of hostility that are not manifest;

(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;

The physical condition of being stretched or strained;

A balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature);

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body;

The action of stretching something tight;