Anxiety vs. Agitation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Anxiety and Agitation
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Anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination. It includes subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events.Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and worry, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing.
Agitation
Extreme emotional disturbance; perturbation.
Anxiety
A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties.
Agitation
The act of agitating or the state of being agitated.
Anxiety
A cause of anxiety
For some people, air travel is a real anxiety.
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Agitation
The stirring up of public interest in a matter of controversy, such as a political or social issue.
Anxiety
(Psychology) A state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear focused on the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning.
Agitation
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
During a storm the sea is in agitation.
Anxiety
Eager, often agitated desire
My anxiety to make a good impression.
Agitation
A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
She causes great agitation within me.
Anxiety
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
Agitation
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
The antislavery agitation
Labor agitation
After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.
Anxiety
An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
Agitation
(archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
Anxiety
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
Agitation
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.
Anxiety
Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
Agitation
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
Anxiety
Eager desire.
Agitation
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
Anxiety
A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
Agitation
Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
A logical agitation of the matter.
The project now in agitation.
Anxiety
A relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders
Agitation
A mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Anxiety
A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
Agitation
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
The political ferment produced a new leadership
Social unrest
Agitation
The feeling of being agitated; not calm
Agitation
Disturbance usually in protest
Agitation
The act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
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