Exhausting vs Tired - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between exhausting and tired

is that exhausting is very tiring while tired is in need of some rest or sleep.

is that exhausting is present participle of lang= en while tired is past tense of tire.

(en adjective)

Very tiring.

* This task is exhausting !

(head)

(head)

(tire)

(en-adj)

In need of some rest or sleep.

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

I'm tired of this

Overused]], [[cliché.

a tired song

* Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.

* exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See also