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
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Stress as a noun (biology):
A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
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Stress as a noun (biology):
Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
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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.
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Stress as a noun (countable, physics):
Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
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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."
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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."
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Stress as a noun (uncountable):
Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
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Stress as a noun (uncountable):
Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
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Stress as a noun:
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Stress as a noun (Scotland, legal):
distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
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Stress as a verb:
To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
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Stress as a verb:
To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
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Stress as a verb (informal):
To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
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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."
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Stress as a verb:
To emphasise (words in speaking).
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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."
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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.
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Underline as a noun:
The character .
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Underline as a noun (dated):
An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
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Underline as a verb:
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
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Underline as a verb (figuratively):
To emphasise or stress something
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Underline as a verb (figurative, obsolete):
To influence secretly.
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Underline as an adjective:
Passing under a railway line.