Exhaustion vs Tedium - What's the difference?
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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 (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
Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
Exhaustion is a related term of tedium.
As nouns the difference between exhaustion and tedium
is that exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up while tedium is boredom or tediousness; ennui.exhaustion
English
Noun
(en-noun)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.}}