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Fatigue vs Effort - What's the difference?

fatigue | effort |

As verbs the difference between fatigue and effort

is that fatigue is while effort is (uncommon|intransitive) to make an effort.

As an adjective fatigue

is tired.

As a noun effort is

the work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

fatigue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.}}
  • A menial task, especially in the military.
  • (engineering) A mechanism of material failure involving of crack growth caused by low-stress cyclic loading.
  • * 2013 , N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , page 399
    • Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * fatigues (military work clothing)

    Verb

    (fatigu)
  • to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
  • to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
  • (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

    • Related terms

    * fatigable * indefatigable

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    effort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
  • * , chapter=23
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=June 22, author=Press Association, work=The Guardian
    • , title= Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract , passage=The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
  • An endeavour.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
  • A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
    • (Rankine)

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "effort": conscious, good, poor, etc.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * best efforts * centre of effort * effort distance * effortless * make an effort

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (uncommon) To make an effort.
  • (obsolete) To stimulate.
  • * Fuller
    • He efforted his spirits.

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