Strenuous vs Overstrenuous - What's the difference?
strenuous | overstrenuous |
Urgent, ardent, zealous.
Requiring great exertion.
* 1961 : J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato . In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
Excessively strenuous.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 23, author=Amanda Hesser, title=1909: Eggs Eli, work=New York Times
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As adjectives the difference between strenuous and overstrenuous
is that strenuous is urgent, ardent, zealous while overstrenuous is excessively strenuous.strenuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We can achieve this god?likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
Synonyms
* earnest * eager * vigorous * determined * resoluteDerived terms
* strenuously * strenuousnessExternal links
* * *overstrenuous
English
Adjective
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