Press
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device used to apply pressure to an item. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers) An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard). A printing machine. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight to compress, squeeze to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug 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. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction to weigh upon, oppress, trouble to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel to hasten, urge onward to urge, beseech, entreat to lay stress upon, emphasize to throng, crowd to print
Example sentence: Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.
Pressure
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.A pressing; a force applied to a surface.Mental strain caused by one's own or others' expectations on one's own performance
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
Example sentence: It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. It's your best friends who are supremely resilient, made under pressure and of astonishing value. They're everlasting; they can cut glass if they need to.