Menial vs Drudgery - What's the difference?
menial | drudgery |
Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
Of or relating to unskilled work. (rfex)
servile; low; mean
A servant, especially a domestic servant.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=
, passage=The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.}}
A person who has a subservient nature.
tedious, menial and exhausting work
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
As nouns the difference between menial and drudgery
is that menial is a servant, especially a domestic servant while drudgery is tedious, menial and exhausting work.As an adjective menial
is of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.menial
English
(wikipedia menial)Adjective
(en adjective)- His sister was a menial girl, but he sought to help her develop a mind of her own.
Noun
(en noun)“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
drudgery
English
Noun
- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.