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Tiring vs Torturous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between tiring and torturous

is that tiring is that tires or tire while torturous is of or pertaining to torture.

As a verb tiring

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun tiring

is action of the verb to tire.

tiring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Action of the verb to tire .
  • (falconry) Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That tires or tire.
    • Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring .

    Related terms

    * tiresome

    Anagrams

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    torturous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to torture.
  • Painful, excruciating, torturing.

    • Usage notes

    * Sometimes confused with tortuous.

    Synonyms

    * tormentous