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Laborious vs Baffling - What's the difference?

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Laborious is a related term of baffling.


As adjectives the difference between laborious and baffling

is that laborious is requiring much physical effort; toilsome while baffling is puzzling and frustrating.

As a verb baffling is

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As a noun baffling is

an act of foiling or thwarting.

laborious

English

Alternative forms

* labourious * laborous * labourous

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  • *
    • Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious , and short.
  • Mentally difficult; painstaking
  • Industrious.
  • * Dryden
    • All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

    Synonyms

    * (requiring effort) painstaking, toilsome, worksome

    Derived terms

    * laboriously

    baffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puzzling and frustrating

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of foiling or thwarting.
  • * 1831 , The Quarterly Review (London)