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Laborious vs Monotonous - What's the difference?

laborious | monotonous |

As adjectives the difference between laborious and monotonous

is that laborious is requiring much physical effort; toilsome while monotonous is having an unvarying tone or pitch.

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

    monotonous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having an unvarying tone or pitch
  • tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
  • Synonyms

    * monotonic * samely