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Relentless vs Tireless - What's the difference?

relentless | tireless |

As adjectives the difference between relentless and tireless

is that relentless is unrelenting or unyielding in severity while tireless is indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue.

relentless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unrelenting or unyielding in severity
  • Unremitting, steady and persistent

    • Derived terms

    * relentlessness

    tireless

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.}}
    Derived terms
    * tirelessness

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless.

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