different between worksome vs industrious

English

Etymology

From work +? -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum.

Adjective

worksome (comparative more worksome, superlative most worksome)

1. (archaic) Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, The French revolution: a history:

     — and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues.

2. Laborious; work-intensive.
   • 1968, University of Santo Tomás, Philippiniana sacra: Volume 3:

     At the very beginnings of his governance time began to show how turbulent and worksome it was going to be, […]

Derived terms

• unworksome
• worksomeness

Translations

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