Herculean vs Burdensome - What's the difference?
herculean | burdensome | Synonyms |
Of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.; of or relating to Hercules in size or strength.
* 1607 , Shakespeare,
* (rfdate) :
Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty.
* 1748, Tobias George Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random
* 2006 : Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear , commenting on the Bugatti Veyron
Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), ยง 6:
As adjectives the difference between herculean and burdensome
is that herculean is of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.; of or relating to Hercules in size or strength while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.herculean
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Alternative forms
* * herculeanAdjective
(en adjective)Antony and Cleopatra, i 3 :
- But this is not the best:--look, pr'ythee, Charmian, / How this Herculean Roman does become / The carriage of his chafe.
- It was truly a Herculean effort. I never thought it was going to happen, but it did.
- a Herculean''' labour'', ''a '''Herculean task
- He replied in a dry manner, that I would find it a Herculean task to chastise everybody who should laugh at my expense;
- The guys at Volkswagen have a Herculean task.
burdensome
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Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.