Onerous vs Assiduous - What's the difference?
onerous | assiduous |
imposing]] or [[constitute, constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.
* 1820 , , "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
* 1848 , , Shirley , ch. 13:
* 1910 , , "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays :
Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
* 1831 , , The Surgeon's Daughter , ch. 2:
* 1880 , , Washington Square , ch. 33:
* 1917 , , "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :
* 2009 , Will Pavia , "
As adjectives the difference between onerous and assiduous
is that onerous is imposing]] or [[constitute|constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort while assiduous is hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.onerous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.
- Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous , how irksome.
- [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.
Synonyms
* (burdensome) demanding, difficult, taxing, wearingDerived terms
* onerouslyassiduous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
- He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.
- A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:
- Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.