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Drudgery vs Drudger - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between drudgery and drudger

is that drudgery is tedious, menial and exhausting work while drudger is one who drudges; a drudge.

drudgery

English

Noun

  • tedious, menial and exhausting work
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.

    Synonyms

    * tedium * moil * See also

    Derived terms

    * drudgerous (rare)

    drudger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who drudges; a drudge.
  • A dredging box.
    • (Webster 1913)