The difference between Iron and Press

Iron as a noun (uncountable):

A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

Iron as a noun (uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy):

A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

Iron as a noun (uncountable, countable, metallurgy):

Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

Iron as a noun (countable):

A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

Iron as a noun (usually plural, '''''[[irons]]'''''):

Shackles.

Iron as a noun (slang):

A handgun.

Iron as a noun (uncountable):

A dark shade of the colour/color silver.

Iron as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from '''[[iron hoof]]''', rhyming with '''[[poof]]'''; countable, offensive):

A male homosexual.

Iron as a noun (golf):

A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

Iron as a noun (uncountable):

Great strength or power.

Iron as a noun (weightlifting):

Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

Iron as a noun:

A safety curtain in a theatre

Iron as an adjective (not comparable):

Made of the metal iron.

Iron as an adjective (figuratively):

Strong , inflexible.

Iron as a verb (transitive):

To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

Iron as a verb (transitive, archaic):

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Iron as a verb (transitive):

To furnish or arm with iron.

Press as a noun (countable):

A device used to apply pressure to an item.

Press as a noun (countable):

A printing machine.

Press as a noun (uncountable):

A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

Press as a noun (countable):

A publisher.

Press as a noun (countable, especially, _, in, _, Ireland, _, and, _, Scotland):

An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).

Press as a noun (countable, weightlifting):

An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

Press as a noun (countable, wagering):

An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.

Press as a noun (countable):

Pure, unfermented grape juice.

Press as a noun:

A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

Press as a noun (obsolete):

A crowd.

Press as a verb (ambitransitive):

to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight

Press as a verb (transitive):

to compress, squeeze

Press as a verb (transitive):

to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug

Press as a verb (transitive):

to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth

Press as a verb (transitive, sewing):

To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

Press as a verb (transitive):

to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction

Press as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

to weigh upon, oppress, trouble

Press as a verb (transitive):

to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel

Press as a verb:

To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.

Press as a verb (transitive):

to hasten, urge onward

Press as a verb (transitive):

to urge, beseech, entreat

Press as a verb (transitive):

to lay stress upon, emphasize

Press as a verb (ambitransitive):

to throng, crowd

Press as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

to print

Press as a verb:

To force into service, particularly into naval service.