1. Character Quotes
  2. laborious vs tedious

different between laborious vs tedious

laborious

English

Alternative forms

  • labourious (obsolete)
  • laborous (obsolete)
  • labourous (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l??b???i?s/
  • Rhymes: -???i?s

Adjective

laborious (comparative more laborious, superlative most laborious)

  1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  2. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
  3. Industrious.

Synonyms

  • (requiring effort): painstaking, toilsome, worksome

Derived terms

  • laboriously

Related terms

  • labor, labour

Translations

laborious From the web:

  • what laborious mean
  • what's laborious in french
  • laboriously what does it mean
  • laborious what is the definition
  • what does laborious mean
  • what does laboriously mean antonym
  • what does laboriously mean in english
  • what is laborious work

tedious

English

Alternative forms

  • tædious (archaic)
  • teedyus

Etymology

Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taedi?sus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?ti?.d??s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?ti.di.?s/, /?ti.d??s/
  • Rhymes: -i?di?s

Adjective

tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)

  1. Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wearisome

Derived terms

  • tediously
  • tediousness

Related terms

  • tedium

Translations

Anagrams

  • Outside, dies out, outside, side out, sudoite

tedious From the web:

  • what tedious mean
  • what's tedious in irish
  • what tedious mean in spanish
  • what's tedious in french
  • what tedious homily of love
  • what's tedious in german
  • tedious what does it mean
  • tedious what is the definition
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes