STRESSING

The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

Example: "He put the stress on the wrong syllable"

• accent  10
• emphasis  15

• inflection  15
• prosody  13

• accentuation  16
• pitch accent
• tonic accent
• word accent
• • word stress
  • sentence stress
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(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

Example: "He suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"

• tenseness  9
• tension  7

• mental strain
• nervous strain
• strain  6

• yips  9
• breaking point

Special emphasis attached to something

Example: "The stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

• focus  10

Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

Example: "She endured the stresses and strains of life"

• strain  6

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

Example: "The intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

• force  10

• tension  7
• breaking point
• mechanical stress