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Laborious vs Fiddly - What's the difference?

laborious | fiddly |

As adjectives the difference between laborious and fiddly

is that laborious is requiring much physical effort; toilsome while fiddly is requiring dexterity to operate.

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

    fiddly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Requiring dexterity to operate.
    • The buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too fiddly.
  • Requiring frequent adjustment.
    • The fuses are very fiddly, and keep blowing out.

    Derived terms

    * fiddliness