What's the difference between anxiety and just being nervous?

I would say that anxiety is chronic, it has longer effect and it is repeating. Being nervous is a normal feeling for example before some big event.

Anxiety is more intense. Its sort of like overload nervousness. It also has more affect on you. You know the difference when your "nerves' are beginning to over power you and preventing you from doing task, thus anxiety.

I think it's anxiety if it becomes debilitating and stops you from living life to the fullest. If it's just nerves, it shouldn't be enough to stop you.

When your nervous you only feel it and doesn't happen a lot, anxiety effects you physically and can last over a period of time.

Anxiety: Generally refers to a "condition" while being nervous is a Feeling, both anxiety and nervousness do pass.

Being nervous is just that, an uncommon scenario in which an individual is overly cautious and aware of what's happening around them because they are in, or are about to be in, an event. Anxiety on the other hand negatively hinders someones ability to function properly in society, hence the term 'social anxiety'. As long as being nervous doesn't affect your ability to live your life how you wish, there is no anxiety. -EnlightenedLux

Being nervous is temporary, e.g. before an exam. Anxiety is something that sticks. you're feeling anxious most of the time if not all of it and it's twisting and hurting all of you from inside.

being nervous is just being a little bit hesitant and such while anxiety means constant worrying and overthinking things until it creates problems that wasn't meant to exist.

nervousness is feeling like youre gonna throw up at the thought of doing something you really dont wanna do whereas anxiety is your hands shaking and uncontrollable breathing over something that seems so stupid and silly.

Nervousness is a very normal emotion everybody experiences in times which require us to step out of our comfort zone, or anything along the lines of that. However, anxiety is a constant, crippling issue that is almost always on the mind of the person suffering from it, despite there usually being no logical reason for that. Sure, presenting someone in front of a group of people can be a little hard for anybody, but with anxiety, it causes the person serious, overwhelming distress, and often results in panic attacks. During panic attacks, you may feel like you've lost control, or as if you're dying. Physical symptoms include, but aren't limited to, shaking, sweating, hot/cold flashes, lightheadedness, problems with breathing, and sometimes even fainting. Anxiety is a serious problem which prevents people from living their life the way they would like to, taking oppurtunities away from them and often resulting in depression. It is something that needs to be addressed, and taken just as seriously as any other physical/mental problem.