Powerful vs Strenuous - What's the difference?
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Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
* (William Shakespeare)
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
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.
Powerful is a related term of strenuous.
As adjectives the difference between powerful and strenuous
is that powerful is having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence while strenuous is urgent, ardent, zealous.powerful
English
Alternative forms
* powerfull * powreful * powrefullAdjective
(en-adj)- The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
Synonyms
* * *Antonyms
* *strenuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We can achieve this god?likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.