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Daunting vs Cumbersome - What's the difference?

daunting | cumbersome |

As adjectives the difference between daunting and cumbersome

is that daunting is discouraging, inspiring fear while cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.

As a verb daunting

is present participle of lang=en.

daunting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • discouraging, inspiring fear
  • overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive
  • cumbersome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
  • Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
  • Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  • Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
  • A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cumbersomely * cumbersomeness

    Synonyms

    * cumbrous