Burnout vs Exhaustion - What's the difference?
burnout | exhaustion |
Using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.
(US, slang) A marijuana addict; one whose brains have been burned out.
(psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
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, chapter=19 (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(maths) An exhaustive procedure
As nouns the difference between burnout and exhaustion
is that burnout is using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber while exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.burnout
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(en noun)exhaustion
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(en-noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion , prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}