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nervous vs anxious

anxious vs nervous

nervous and anxious both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nervous No Yes No No
anxious No Yes No No
As adjectives, nervous and anxious are synonyms defined as:
  • nervous and anxious: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Other synonyms of nervous include queasy, uneasy, unquiet.
nervous (adjective) anxious (adjective)
of or relating to the nervous system eagerly desirous
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
excited in anticipation
easily agitated
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Difference between nervous and anxious

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