Intricate vs Laboured - What's the difference?

Intricate is a related term of laboured.

As adjectives the difference between intricate and laboured

is that intricate is having a great deal of fine detail or complexity while laboured is of an action that is difficult to perform.

As verbs the difference between intricate and laboured

is that intricate is to become enmeshed or entangled while laboured is (labour).

intricate

English

Alternative forms

* entricate

Etymology 1

From (etyl) intricatus'' (past participle of ''intricare ).

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness.

*:As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”

Etymology 2

As the adjective; or by analogy with extricate

Verb

(intricat)

To become enmeshed or entangled.

* 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “ How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):

washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.

To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.

* 1994 December 12, , “ Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times :

But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated .

Anagrams

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laboured

English

Alternative forms

(mostly U.S. ): labored.

Verb

(head)

(labour)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of an action that is difficult to perform.

At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.

Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.