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Complicated vs Laboured - What's the difference?

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Complicated is a related term of laboured.


As adjectives the difference between complicated and laboured

is that complicated is difficult or convoluted while laboured is of an action that is difficult to perform.

As verbs the difference between complicated and laboured

is that complicated is (complicate) while laboured is (labour).

complicated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult or convoluted.
    • It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

    • Antonyms

    * simple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
    • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.

    laboured

    English

    Alternative forms

    (mostly U.S. ): labored.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (labour)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of an action that is difficult to perform.
    • At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
  • Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.