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