What's the difference between pressure and stress?

[v0031]

 What's the difference between pressure and stress

[RINO Tom]

What is the context?  In terms of every day life, I would consider "pressure" to be more specific to something like a choice you have to make and "stress" to be a general nervousness regarding being overwhelmed with your current situation.

For example, I just finished my MBA, and I felt a lot of pressure to find a job.  However, I would alternatively maybe say I was "under a lot of stress" during this period, due to additional things like my final exams and the general uncertainty of my future.

[Lechasseur]

In my opinion, pressure is amoral, it's neither good or bad. It just means you need to get something done.

Stress is a negative feeling. Stress is a feeling of being overwhelmed and or anxious/scared

[Beet]

Pressure is about a specific thing.

Stress is more of a general mental state.

[v0031]

Pressure is about a specific thing.

Stress is more of a general mental state.

So can I say students these years have much stress,such as pressure from school and parents?

[Beet]

Pressure is about a specific thing.

Stress is more of a general mental state.

So can I say students these years have much stress,such as pressure from school and parents?

Yes. But I would phrase it as,

'Students these days are very stressed, partly because of pressure from their schools and parents.'

[Mr. Smith]

Pressure is about a specific thing.

Stress is more of a general mental state.

So can I say students these years have much stress,such as pressure from school and parents?

Yes, but you cannot use "years" like that.