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Ardor vs. Arduous — What's the Difference?

Ardor vs. Arduous — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ardor and Arduous

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Ardor

Intensity of emotion, especially strong desire, enthusiasm, or devotion.

Arduous

Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
An arduous journey

Ardor

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Arduous

Demanding great effort or labor; difficult
"the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language" (Thomas Macaulay).

Ardor

Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
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Arduous

Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous
A long, arduous, and exhausting war.

Ardor

Intense heat.

Arduous

Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.

Ardor

Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

Arduous

Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.

Ardor

Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.

Arduous

(obsolete) burning; ardent

Ardor

Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.

Arduous

Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

Ardor

A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);
They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
He felt a kind of religious zeal

Arduous

Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
Those arduous paths they trod.

Ardor

Intense feeling of love

Arduous

Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

Ardor

Feelings of great warmth and intensity;
He spoke with great ardor

Arduous

Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;
Worked their arduous way up the mining valley
A grueling campaign
Hard labor
Heavy work
Heavy going
Spent many laborious hours on the project
Set a punishing pace

Arduous

Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance;
His final, straining burst of speed
A strenuous task
Your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here

Arduous

Difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill;
The arduous work of preparing a dictionary

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