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Labourer vs Laboured - What's the difference?

labourer | laboured |

As a noun labourer

is .

As a verb laboured is

(labour).

As an adjective laboured is

of an action that is difficult to perform.

labourer

English

Noun

(en noun)
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    laboured

    English

    Alternative forms

    (mostly U.S. ): labored.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (labour)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of an action that is difficult to perform.
    • At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
  • Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.