we know that every material is elastic in nature, so when a force is applied it tends to, it tends to deform and due

to this deformation, there is an internal r esistance produced which tends to spring back the molucules to their original po sition and internal resistance per unit area is known as stress........ pressure is nothing but force acting on the unit area . stress is internal reaction but pressure is external..... stress is internal resistance to external load where as pressure is external for ce applied upon the surface..... when a force acting on the body , aforce created inside body that is called stre ss,the force acting on the body is called pressure. stress may be in tension or compression or shear. pressure is only in compression