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Afflictive vs Laborious - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between afflictive and laborious

is that afflictive is that causes physical or mental pain while laborious is requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

afflictive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That causes physical or mental pain
    • (Alexander Pope)
    (Prior)

    laborious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * labourious * laborous * labourous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  • *
    • Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious , and short.
  • Mentally difficult; painstaking
  • Industrious.
  • * Dryden
    • All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

    Synonyms

    * (requiring effort) painstaking, toilsome, worksome

    Derived terms

    * laboriously