Diligent vs Worksome - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between diligent and worksome

is that diligent is performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard while worksome is (archaic) industrious; diligent.

(en adjective)

Performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard.

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(en adjective)

(archaic) Industrious; diligent.

*1837 , Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, The French revolution: a history :

— and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues.

Laborious; work-intensive.

*1968 , University of Santo Tomás, Philippiniana sacra: Volume 3 :

At the very beginnings of his governance time began to show how turbulent and worksome it was going to be, [...]

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