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Predicament vs Arduous - What's the difference?

predicament | arduous |

As a noun predicament

is a definite class, state or condition.

As an adjective arduous is

needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

predicament

English

Alternative forms

* (chiefly obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A definite class, state or condition.
  • An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1978 , author= , title=The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism , page=xv (20th edition) , passage=Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}
  • (logic) That which is predicated; a category.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * preach * predicate

    See also

    * can of worms * difficulty * kettle of fish * tight spot * trouble

    References

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    arduous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
    • The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Chelsea survived and can now turn their attentions to the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in Germany later this month as they face an increasingly arduous task to finish in the Premier League's top four.}}
  • (obsolete) burning; ardent
    • Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. — Cary.
  • (rft-sense) Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
  • * 1974 , Sue Bowder, The American biking atlas & touring guide , page 77:
    • Beyond the river, an arduous slope rises 3286 feet in 13 miles.
  • * 1999 , Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse :
    • Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail. They'd been climbing for five hours and he was beginning to feel irritable.
  • * 2006 , Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac 2006 :
    • Survivor reaches as many as 28 million viewers who watch contestants win a new Pontiac or guzzle Mountain Dew after scaling an arduous cliff.

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "arduous")

    Synonyms

    * burdensome * demanding * exhausting * fatiguing * laborious * onerous * strenuous * wearisome

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