Attentive vs Laborious - What's the difference?
attentive | laborious | Related terms |
paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely
Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
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Mentally difficult; painstaking
Industrious.
* Dryden
Attentive is a related term of laborious.
As adjectives the difference between attentive and laborious
is that attentive is paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely while laborious is requiring much physical effort; toilsome.attentive
English
Etymology
.Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
Synonyms
* reckfulAntonyms
* inattentive, recklessSee also
* alert * wary * watchfulAnagrams
* tentative ----laborious
English
Alternative forms
* labourious * laborous * labourousAdjective
(en adjective)- Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious , and short.
- All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.