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Ordeal vs Slog - What's the difference?

ordeal | slog |

As nouns the difference between ordeal and slog

is that ordeal is a painful or trying experience while slog is army, host.

ordeal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A painful or trying experience.
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  • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Arsène Wenger confessed: "The result was not an accurate indication of the match." Certainly, at half-time it seemed unlikely that Arsenal would catch fire so spectacularly because the first half was a damp squib of a display from Wenger's team, as Newcastle initially showed no ill-effects from their Old Trafford ordeal .}}
  • A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
  • See also

    * trial by fire

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    slog

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British, and, Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
  • (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.
  • Verb

    (slogg)
  • To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
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  • A miraculous desert rain. We slog , dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”
  • (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
  • To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
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