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Exhaustion vs Lassitude - What's the difference?

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Exhaustion is a related term of lassitude.


As nouns the difference between exhaustion and lassitude

is that exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up while lassitude is lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.

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

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    * See also

    Derived terms

    * proof by exhaustion

    Related terms

    * exhaust

    lassitude

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.
  • Listlessness or languor.

    • Quotations

    * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VII *: Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence. * 1919 , *: "Then it's No, darling?" he said at last. *: She gave a gesture of lassitude . She was exhausted. *: "The studio is yours. Everything belongs to you. If you want to bring him here, how can I prevent you?" * 2004 , "Is Slacking the Only Way to Survive the Office?," The Scotsman (Edinburgh), 16 Aug, *: In order to appear busy, one should pace around the office clutching files.... The best part of this ancient ritual is that it tends to make one's colleagues look away—just in case you and your papers are going to interrupt their own lassitude . * 2004 , Rob Hughes, "Soccer: The Olympic Flame Running Low on Fuel," International Herald Tribune (Paris), 11 Aug., *: At Euro 2004 and the 2002 World Cup, Blatter commented this week, many stars were physically and mentally exhausted, and left an aftertaste of nonchalance and lassitude .''

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