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Labor vs Drudgery - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between labor and drudgery

is that labor is standard spelling of from=American spelling|lang=en|labour while drudgery is tedious, menial and exhausting work.

As a verb labor

is standard spelling of from=American spelling|lang=en|labour.

As a proper noun Labor

is the Australian Labor Party.

labor

English

Noun

    • Related terms

    * belabor * big labor * Labor Day * laborer * laborious * laborization * labor of love * manual labor

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    drudgery

    English

    Noun

  • tedious, menial and exhausting work
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.

    Synonyms

    * tedium * moil * See also

    Derived terms

    * drudgerous (rare)