There is a huge difference between tension and pressure in physics. Tension refers to a pulling force and pressure refers to a pushing force.

Physics has its own vocabulary. One measurement in physics is the Dyne. Physics also deals with vectors, tension and torque. Common to other sciences, physics uses the standard metric measures of grams, liters and meters.

Surface tension was discovered in 1836 by Joseph Plateau (1801-1883), professor of physics at Ghent University, Belgium

Types of stress in physics are...

1) Tension

2) Compression

3) Torsion

4) Bending

5) Shear

The formula of tension, which is a force, is F=ma. So when an object is being pulled in two separate directions with equal tensions, the object remains motionless.