different between nerves vs anxiety

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n?vz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??vz/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /n??vz/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /n??vz/
• Rhymes: -??(?)vz

Noun

nerves

1. plural of nerve

Verb

nerves

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nerve

Anagrams

• Severn, Vernes

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: nerve, nervent

Verb

nerves

1. second-person singular present indicative of nerver
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of nerver

English

Etymology

From Latin anxiet?s, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from ang? (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ???? (ánkh?, “to choke”). See anger; angst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?(?)?za?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti

Noun

anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)

1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.

     But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.

2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
3. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

Synonyms

• care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

Related terms

Derived terms

• hangxiety

Translations

Further reading

• anxiety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anxiety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.