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Fatigue vs Listlessness - What's the difference?

fatigue | listlessness | Synonyms |

Fatigue is a synonym of listlessness.


As a verb fatigue

is .

As an adjective fatigue

is tired.

As a noun listlessness is

the state of being listless; indifference; lethargy.

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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    listlessness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being listless; indifference; lethargy.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , But every thing must have an end. A motion made by this angelic youth, in the listlessness of going off sleep, replac'd his shirt and the bed-cloaths in a posture that shut up that treasure from longer view.}}