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Duress vs Tedium - What's the difference?

duress | tedium |

As nouns the difference between duress and tedium

is that duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment while tedium is boredom or tediousness; ennui.

As a verb duress

is to put under ; to pressure.

duress

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Harsh treatment.
  • * Burke
    • The agreements made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force.
  • Constraint by threat.
  • (legal) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restraint of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offence.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To put under ; to pressure.
    • Someone was duressing her.
    The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.

    Anagrams

    *

    tedium

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dated)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Boredom or tediousness; ennui.

    • Synonyms

    * boredom, drudgery, ennui, tediousness

    Related terms

    * tedious