What's the difference between 'stress' and 'strain' ?

Question

What's the difference between 'stress' and 'strain' ?

Answer 1

stress is mental. Strain is physical. Ex: Strain to p**p :) hahahahaha..

Answer 2

Stress is passive. If you put a heavy load on your back it wll cause stress on your body. Strain is active. If you go the gym and try to lift a weight that is too heavy for you will suffer from strain.

Answer 3

I'm going to guess that a stress is a measurement of load

and Strain is more  measure of damage

Answer 4

Stress is the cause and strain is the result (effect).

Answer 5

strain is physically and stress is mental.....

when we are asked to carry a bag weighing 5 kg, we say do not strain yourself....

when you have a task to complete and you worry, we say I am stressed out.....

Answer 6

ANDROMEDA. stay tuned and please don't commit suicide, then you will know the true difference between stress&strain.

Answer 7

strain hurts more

Answer 8

Stress causes strain and strain results in structures.

Put stress on a paper clip and see a new structure emerge if the strain is great enough.

Answer 9

STRESS is when you have bills you cant pay,and when your kids get on your nerves,and when your man get on your nerves, and when your on death row, you know thoughs kind of things......                                                                                                                                                                                                            STRAIN is when you pull a muscle from exercising stretching that sort of thing.

Answer 10

strain i can deal with stress i can not

Answer 11

Strain is when people get on your nerves

Stress is when you want to bloody kill them