different between backbreaking vs gruelling

backbreaking

English

Alternative forms

  • back-breaking

Etymology

back +? breaking

Adjective

backbreaking (comparative more backbreaking, superlative most backbreaking)

  1. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

Derived terms

  • backbreakingly

Translations

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gruelling

English

Alternative forms

  • grueling

Etymology

From present particle of gruel (to exhaust, punish), from gruel (noun).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?????.l??/
  • (US) IPA(key): /???u.l??/, /???u.?l.??/

Adjective

gruelling (comparative more gruelling, superlative most gruelling)

  1. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

Synonyms

  • (so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted): backbreaking, exhausting

Translations

Noun

gruelling (plural gruellings)

  1. (racing) A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion.
  2. A gruelling ordeal.

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