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Assiduous vs Tireless - What's the difference?

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Assiduous is a synonym of tireless.


As adjectives the difference between assiduous and tireless

is that assiduous is hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious while tireless is indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue or tireless can be without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless.

assiduous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
  • * 1831 , , The Surgeon's Daughter , ch. 2:
    • He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
  • * 1880 , , Washington Square , ch. 33:
    • He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.
  • * 1917 , , "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :
    • A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
  • * 2009 , Will Pavia , " Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:
    • Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.

    Usage notes

    * Since the 18th century, this term has sometimes carried a connotation of servility.

    Synonyms

    * meticulous, diligent, sedulous * See also

    Derived terms

    * assiduously

    References

    tireless

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.}}
    Derived terms
    * tirelessness

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless.

    • Anagrams

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