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Herculean vs Burdensome - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between herculean and burdensome

is that herculean is of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.; of or relating to Hercules in size or strength while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.

herculean

English

Alternative forms

* * herculean

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.; of or relating to Hercules in size or strength.
  • * 1607 , Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, i 3 :
    • But this is not the best:--look, pr'ythee, Charmian, / How this Herculean Roman does become / The carriage of his chafe.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • It was truly a Herculean effort. I never thought it was going to happen, but it did.
  • Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty.
    • a Herculean''' labour'', ''a '''Herculean task
  • * 1748, Tobias George Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random
    • He replied in a dry manner, that I would find it a Herculean task to chastise everybody who should laugh at my expense;
  • * 2006 : Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear , commenting on the Bugatti Veyron
    • The guys at Volkswagen have a Herculean task.

    burdensome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
  • * 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), ยง 6:
    • . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.

    Synonyms

    * (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

    Related terms

    * burden