different between industrious vs dogged

English

Etymology

From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?st?i.?s/

Adjective

industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)

1. Hard-working and persistent.
   • 1941, Ogden Nash, "The ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.

     The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

   I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:industrious

Antonyms

• lazy

Derived terms

• industriousness

Related terms

• industrial
• industry
• industriousness

Translations

Further reading

• industrious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• industrious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• industrious at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology 1

From the verb to dog.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /d??d/
• (US): enPR: dôgd, IPA^(key): /d??d/
• (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /d??d/

Verb

dogged

1. simple past tense and past participle of dog

Etymology 2

From Middle English dogged, doggid, doggyd (“characteristics similar to that of a dog”), equivalent to dog +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: d?g'?d, IPA^(key): /?d???d/
• (US): enPR: dôg'?d, IPA^(key): /?d???d/

Adjective

dogged (comparative more dogged, superlative most dogged)

1. stubbornly persevering, steadfast

Synonyms

• committed, determined, persistent, steadfast, tenacious
• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Derived terms

• doggedly (adv)
• doggedness (n)

Translations

Adverb

dogged (not comparable)

1. (dated, slang) very