different between tedious vs routine
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)
- 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
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routine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French routine.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /?u??ti?n/
Noun
routine (countable and uncountable, plural routines)
- A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
- A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
- Synonym: rut
- A set piece of an entertainer's act.
- (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
- Synonyms: function, procedure, subroutine
Derived terms
- routiner
Translations
Adjective
routine (comparative more routine, superlative most routine)
- According to established procedure.
- Regular; habitual.
- Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
Derived terms
- routinely
Translations
Anagrams
- in route, in utero, tue-iron
French
Etymology
From French route (“road, route”), and Old French -ine: a suffix for diminutive purpose
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.tin/
Noun
routine f (plural routines)
- routine (all senses)
- (Louisiana, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish) road
Derived terms
- prendre sa routine à volonté
Descendants
Further reading
- “routine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ouïrent
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French routine.
Noun
routine f (invariable)
- routine
- rut
Derived terms
- routinario
Anagrams
- rutenio, uterino
Further reading
- routine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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