The difference between Pressing and Urgent

When used as adjectives, pressing means needing urgent attention, whereas urgent means requiring immediate attention.

Pressing is also noun with the meaning: the application of pressure by a press or other means.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pressing and Urgent

  1. Pressing as an adjective:

    Needing urgent attention.

  2. Pressing as an adjective:

    Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

  1. Pressing as a noun:

    The application of pressure by a press or other means.

  2. Pressing as a noun:

    A metal or plastic part made with a press.

  3. Pressing as a noun:

    The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.

  4. Pressing as a noun:

    A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.

  5. Pressing as a noun:

    The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.

  6. Pressing as a noun:

    A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.

  7. Pressing as a noun:

    Urgent insistence.

  1. Pressing as a verb:

  1. Urgent as an adjective:

    Requiring immediate attention.

    Examples:

    "An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance."

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