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Monotonous vs Repetitive - What's the difference?

monotonous | repetitive |

As adjectives the difference between monotonous and repetitive

is that monotonous is having an unvarying tone or pitch while repetitive is happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

monotonous

English

Adjective

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

    • Related terms

    * monotone * monotony

    Synonyms

    * monotonic * samely

    repetitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.