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Burdensome vs Laborious - What's the difference?

burdensome | laborious |

As adjectives the difference between burdensome and laborious

is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while laborious is requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

burdensome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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:
    • . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.

    Synonyms

    * (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

    Related terms

    * burden

    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