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Strenuous vs Overstrenuous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between strenuous and overstrenuous

is that strenuous is urgent, ardent, zealous while overstrenuous is excessively strenuous.

strenuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
    • We can achieve this god?likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.

    Synonyms

    * earnest * eager * vigorous * determined * resolute

    Derived terms

    * strenuously * strenuousness

    Related terms

    * strenuosity

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    overstrenuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively strenuous.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 23, author=Amanda Hesser, title=1909: Eggs Eli, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Among the story’s other overstrenuous tips for masking the flavor of eggs were poached eggs topped with a hops-scented béchamel, President Taft’s campfire omelet (fried trout, salt and pepper) and the Colony Club’s “Eggs Suffragette,” a twist on deviled eggs that incorporated anchovies (the dish, however, didn’t hasten women’s suffrage). }}

    Derived terms

    * overstrenuously * overstrenuousness