Strenuous vs Burdensome - What's the difference?
strenuous | burdensome | Related terms |
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.
Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
Strenuous is a related term of burdensome.
As adjectives the difference between strenuous and burdensome
is that strenuous is urgent, ardent, zealous while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.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
* * *burdensome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.