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Exertion vs Exhaustion - What's the difference?

exertion | exhaustion |

As nouns the difference between exertion and exhaustion

is that exertion is an expenditure of physical or mental effort while exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

exertion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "exertion": physical, mental, etc.

    exhaustion

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
  • Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion , prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
  • (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
  • (dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
  • (maths) An exhaustive procedure

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * proof by exhaustion

    Related terms

    * exhaust