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Punctual vs Cumbersome - What's the difference?

punctual | cumbersome |

As adjectives the difference between punctual and cumbersome

is that punctual is prompt or on time while cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.

punctual

English

Alternative forms

* punctuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • prompt or on time
  • # (of an event ) Happening at the appointed time
  • # (of a person ) Acting at the appointed time
  • Luis is never late; he's the most punctual person I know.
  • (mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
  • (linguistics) Expressing momentary action that has no duration
  • cumbersome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
  • Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
  • Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  • Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
  • A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cumbersomely * cumbersomeness

    Synonyms

    * cumbrous