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Herculean vs Strenuous - What's the difference?

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Herculean is a synonym of strenuous.


As adjectives the difference between herculean and strenuous

is that herculean is (herculean) while strenuous is urgent, ardent, zealous.

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.

    strenuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Urgent, ardent, zealous.
  • Requiring great exertion.
  • * 1961 : J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato . In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
    • We can achieve this god?likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.

    Synonyms

    * earnest * eager * vigorous * determined * resolute

    Derived terms

    * strenuously * strenuousness

    Related terms

    * strenuosity

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