The difference between Anxious and Easy
When used as adjectives, anxious means nervous and worried, whereas easy means comfortable.
Easy is also noun with the meaning: something that is easy.
Easy is also adverb with the meaning: in a relaxed or casual manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Anxious and Easy
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Anxious as an adjective:
Nervous and worried.
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Anxious as an adjective:
Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown;
Examples:
"She was anxious to hear how her test results were."
"I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails."
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Anxious as an adjective (of things):
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
Examples:
"'anxious labor"
"There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed."
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Anxious as an adjective:
Earnestly desirous
Examples:
"He is anxious to please, so you can count on him."
"All the voters were anxious to hear the election result."
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Easy as an adjective (now, rare, _, except in certain expressions):
Comfortable; at ease.
Examples:
"Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night."
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Easy as an adjective:
Requiring little skill or effort.
Examples:
"It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up."
"The teacher gave an easy test to her students."
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Easy as an adjective:
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
Examples:
"Rich people live in easy circumstances."
"an easy chair"
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Easy as an adjective:
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
Examples:
"easy manners; an easy style"
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Easy as an adjective (informal, pejorative, of a person):
Consenting readily to sex.
Examples:
"He has a reputation for being easy; they say he slept with half the senior class."
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Easy as an adjective:
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
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Easy as an adjective (finance, dated):
Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to .
Examples:
"The market is easy."
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Easy as an adverb:
In a relaxed or casual manner.
Examples:
"After his illness, John decided to [[take it easy take it easy]]."
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Easy as an adverb:
In a manner without strictness or harshness.
Examples:
"Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm."
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Easy as an adverb:
Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
Examples:
"This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy."
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Easy as an adverb:
Not difficult, not hard.
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Easy as a noun:
Something that is easy
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Easy as a verb (rowing):