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Plodding vs Dilatory - What's the difference?

plodding | dilatory |

As adjectives the difference between plodding and dilatory

is that plodding is progressing slowly and laboriously while dilatory is intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.

As a verb plodding

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun plodding

is slow, laborious progress.

plodding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Progressing slowly and laboriously.

    • Derived terms

    * ploddingly * ploddingness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Slow, laborious progress.
  • * (Jean Ingelow)
    • I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow.

    dilatory

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
    • a dilatory strategy
  • * Motley
    • Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon his adversary.
  • Slow or tardy.

    • Derived terms

    * dilatorily * dilatoriness

    Anagrams

    * adroitly * idolatry