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Labored vs Complicated - What's the difference?

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Labored is a related term of complicated.


As verbs the difference between labored and complicated

is that labored is (labor) while complicated is (complicate).

As adjectives the difference between labored and complicated

is that labored is of an action that is difficult to perform while complicated is difficult or convoluted.

labored

English

Alternative forms

(mostly British ): laboured.

Verb

(head)
  • (labor)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of an action that is difficult to perform.
    • At the end of the marathon, her labored breathing told us she was exhausted.

    Anagrams

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    complicated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult or convoluted.
    • It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

    • Antonyms

    * simple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (complicate)
    • The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.