Press vs. Pressure — What's the Difference?

Persuade or urge someone to do something.

Continuous physical force exerted on an object.

Print or publish, especially newspapers.

Mental stress or anxiety.

Apply pressure on something.

Persuasion or influence to act in a certain way.

Gather journalists and photographers.

Atmospheric force per unit area.

Flatten or smooth out fabric.

Force exerted in a specific context like fluid systems.

To exert steady weight or force against

Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed. Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure.

To move by applying pressure

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it

To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern

The use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something

To squeeze the juice or other contents from

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something

To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.

The act of pressing.

To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress

The condition of being pressed.

To iron (clothing, for example).

The application of continuous force by one body on another that it is touching; compression.

To make (a sound recording), originally by pressing (a vinyl phonograph record) under pressure in a mold.

Abbr. P(Physics)Force applied over a surface, measured as force per unit area.

To bear down on or attack

(Meteorology) Atmospheric pressure.

To carry on or advance vigorously (an attack, for instance).

A compelling or constraining influence, such as persuasion or negative attitudes, on the mind or will

To place in trying or distressing circumstances

An influence acting as a source of distress or hardship

To insist upon or put forward insistently

(Sports) Sustained, effective play that puts an opponent at a disadvantage

To try to influence or persuade, as by insistent arguments; pressure or entreat

The condition of being subjected to physical, mental, social, or economic distress

To insist that someone accept (something). Often used with on or upon

A physical sensation produced by compression of a part of the body.

(Sports) To lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.

(Archaic) A mark made by application of force or weight; an impression.

To exert force or pressure

To force or try to force, as by influence or persuasion

To be worrisome or depressing; weigh heavily

To pressurize.

To advance eagerly; move forward urgently

To pressure-cook.

To assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd

A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

To continue a course of action, especially in spite of difficulties

A contrasting force or impulse of any kind

To require haste or urgent action

Distress.

To employ urgent persuasion or entreaty

Urgency

To iron clothes or other material.

(obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.

(Sports) To raise or lift a weight in a press.

(physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.

(Basketball) To employ a press.

(transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

(Sports) In golf, to try to hit long or risky shots, typically with unsuccessful results.

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

To force into service in the army or navy; impress.

A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.

To take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.

Affliction; distress; grievance.

To use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.

Urgency; as, the pressure of business.

Any of various machines or devices that apply pressure

Impression; stamp; character impressed.

A printing press.

The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the amount upon a unit's area.

A place or establishment where matter is printed

Electro-motive force.

A publishing company

The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit);

The communications media considered as a whole, especially the agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast news and other information to the public

A force that compels;

News or other information disseminated to the public in printed, broadcast, or electronic form

The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure;

The people involved in the media, as news reporters and broadcasters

The state of urgently demanding notice or attention;

The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media

The somatic sensation of pressure;

A large gathering; a crowd

An oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward

To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

An act of pressing down or applying pressure

Exert pressure on someone through threats

The haste or urgency of business or matters

The set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.

Chiefly Scots and Irish An upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.

(Sports) A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then steadily pushed straight overhead without movement of the legs.

(Basketball) An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.

Conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.

(Obsolete) An official warrant for impressing men into military service.

An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

(countable) A printing machine.

The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

(countable) A publisher.

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

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

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.

(countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.

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

(obsolete) A crowd.

(psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.

(ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

(transitive) To compress, squeeze.

(transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.

(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

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.

(transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

(transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

To try to force (something upon someone).

(transitive) To hasten, urge onward.

(transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.

(transitive) To lay stress upon.

(ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.

To print.

To force into service, particularly into naval service.

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.

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

An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.

Specifically, a printing press.

The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.

An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.

The act of pressing or thronging forward.

Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.

A multitude of individuals crowded together; crowd of single things; a throng.

To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.

To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.

To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.

To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

To embrace closely; to hug.

To oppress; to bear hard upon.

To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.

To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.

To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.

To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.

To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.

To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.

Newspaper writers and photographers

The state of urgently demanding notice or attention;

The gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines

A machine used for printing

A dense crowd of people

A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure;

Exert pressure or force to or upon;

Force or impel in an indicated direction;

To be oppressive or burdensome;

Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure;

Squeeze or press together;

Crowd closely;

Create by pressing;

Be urgent;

Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;

Press from a plastic;

Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby;

Lift weights;

Ask for or request earnestly;

No, it encompasses psychological stress, influence, and atmospheric conditions too.

Yes, pressure often describes stress or mental tension from external factors.

No, it also refers to applying physical force and urging someone to act.

No, "press" is about the act or force application, while "pressure" is the continuous state of force.

Yes, it's also used to describe machines applying downward force.

Yes, it's commonly used to describe ironing or smoothing fabric.

Yes, "press" is a strategy where a team aggressively defends to force errors from opponents.

Yes, especially in physics and engineering, where it measures force per unit area in fluids or gases.

Yes, "pressure" often describes social or peer pressure that influences behavior.

Yes, "the press" typically refers to the collective body of journalists.

Often, yes. It can imply urgency when urging or persuading someone.

Yes, in engineering it measures force in systems, while in psychology it refers to stress.

It implies someone is facing stress or demands, either physically or mentally.

Usually, it has a negative connotation, but it can also motivate people positively in certain situations.

Yes, it collectively refers to journalists, photographers, newspapers, and other media outlets.