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Oppressive vs Trying - What's the difference?

oppressive | trying | Synonyms |

Oppressive is a synonym of trying.


As adjectives the difference between oppressive and trying

is that oppressive is burdensome or difficult to bear while trying is difficult to endure; arduous.

As a verb trying is

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As a noun trying is

(philosophy) the act by which one tries something; an attempt.

oppressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Burdensome or difficult to bear.
    • The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
  • Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
    • The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
  • Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
    • Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?

    Synonyms

    * (weather) humid, close

    trying

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult to endure; arduous.
  • *1891 , Conan Doyle,
  • *:"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
  • Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
  • * 2006 , Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
    • In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.

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