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Strenuous vs Wearisome - What's the difference?

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Strenuous is a related term of wearisome.


As adjectives the difference between strenuous and wearisome

is that strenuous is urgent, ardent, zealous while wearisome is tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.

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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    wearisome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
    • Adding definitions can be wearisome work

    Synonyms

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