wat is the difference b/w stress and pressure?

Answer Posted / nitin kumar

stress is the internal resistance offered by a body against any compressive or tensile loading on it & it is the internal property of the body..
pressure is external force acting perpendicular to the body per unit area,so,it is external property of the body

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