different between industrious vs unwearied

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

From un- +? wearied.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?n?w???id/
• Hyphenation: un?weari?ed

Adjective

unwearied (comparative more unwearied, superlative most unwearied) (dated)

1. Not wearied, not tired.

   Synonyms: energetic, untired

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:tired (exhausted)
2. Never tiring; tireless.

   Synonyms: indefatigable, inexhaustible, unflagging, untiring, unwearying
3. Not stopping; persistent, relentless.

   Synonyms: ceaseless, incessant, unremitting

Derived terms

• unweariedly
• unweariedness

Related terms

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