Difference between Tension and Tenseness

Tension

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Psychological state of being tense. Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length. Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.

Example sentence: Some music will make you dance. Other music helps you release tension.

Tenseness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The characteristic of being tense.A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English.