Nervous vs. Anxious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nervous and Anxious
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Nervous
Of or relating to the nerves or nervous system
Nervous tissue.
Anxious
Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
Nervous
Stemming from or affecting the nerves or nervous system
A nervous disorder.
Anxious
Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety
Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.
Nervous
Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.
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Anxious
Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.
Nervous
Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension
Nervous moments before takeoff.
Anxious
Nervous and worried.
Nervous
Vigorous in style or feeling; spirited
"the nervous thrust of a modern creation" (Henry A. Kissinger).
Anxious
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
She was anxious to hear how her test results were.
I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.
Nervous
(Archaic) Strong; sinewy.
Anxious
(of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
Anxious labor
There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
Nervous
Of sinews and tendons.
Anxious
Earnestly desirous.
He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.
All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
Nervous
(obsolete) Full of sinews.
Anxious
Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; - applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
Nervous
(obsolete) Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.
Anxious
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; - applied to things; as, anxious labor.
The sweet of life, from whichGod hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares.
Nervous
(obsolete) Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.
Anxious
Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform.
Nervous
Of nerves.
Anxious
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried;
Anxious parents
Anxious about her job
Not used to a city and anxious about small things
Felt apprehensive about the consequences
Nervous
Supplied with nerves; innervated.
Anxious
Eagerly desirous;
Anxious to see the new show at the museum
Dying to hear who won
Nervous
Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.
Anxious
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety;
Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
Cast anxious glances behind her
Those nervous moments before takeoff
An unquiet mind
Nervous
Nervose.
Nervous
Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
Nervous
Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
Nervous
Possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
Nervous
Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.
Nervous
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
Nervous
Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
Poor, weak, nervous creatures.
Nervous
Sensitive; excitable; timid.
Nervous
Apprehensive; as, a child nervous about his mother's reaction to his bad report card.
Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land.
Nervous
Easily agitated;
Quick nervous movements
Nervous
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety;
Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
Cast anxious glances behind her
Those nervous moments before takeoff
An unquiet mind
Nervous
Of or relating to the nervous system;
Nervous disease
Neural disorder
Nervous
Excited in anticipation
Nervous
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
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