The difference between Stress and Underline

When used as nouns, stress means a physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism, whereas underline means a line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.

When used as verbs, stress means to apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain, whereas underline means to draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.


Underline is also adjective with the meaning: passing under a railway line.

check bellow for the other definitions of Stress and Underline

  1. Stress as a noun (biology):

    A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

  2. Stress as a noun (biology):

    Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

  3. Stress as a noun (countable, physics):

    The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

  4. Stress as a noun (countable, physics):

    Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

  5. Stress as a noun (uncountable):

    Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

    Examples:

    "Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately."

  6. Stress as a noun (uncountable, phonetics):

    The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.

    Examples:

    "Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second."

  7. Stress as a noun (uncountable):

    Emphasis placed on words in speaking.

  8. Stress as a noun (uncountable):

    Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

  9. Stress as a noun:

  10. Stress as a noun (Scotland, legal):

    distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

  1. Stress as a verb:

    To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

  2. Stress as a verb:

    To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

  3. Stress as a verb (informal):

    To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

  4. Stress as a verb:

    To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

    Examples:

    "“Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second."

  5. Stress as a verb:

    To emphasise (words in speaking).

  6. Stress as a verb:

    To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

    Examples:

    "I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence."

  1. Underline as a noun:

    A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.

  2. Underline as a noun:

    The character .

  3. Underline as a noun (dated):

    An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

  1. Underline as a verb:

    To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore

  2. Underline as a verb (figuratively):

    To emphasise or stress something

  3. Underline as a verb (figurative, obsolete):

    To influence secretly.

  1. Underline as an adjective:

    Passing under a railway line.