Task vs. Tedious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Task and Tedious
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Task
A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
Tedious
Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous
A tedious journey
Task
A difficult or tedious undertaking
Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.
Tedious
Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring.
Task
A function to be performed; an objective
It is our task to renew consumer confidence.
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Tedious
(Obsolete) Moving or progressing very slowly.
Task
To assign a task to or impose a task on
The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.
Tedious
Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome.
Task
(Archaic) To subject to strain or hardship
"The Professor's household was a modest one, and yet it tasked his ideas to keep it up to his wife's standard" (Edith Wharton).
Tedious
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
I see a man's life is a tedious one.
I would not be tedious to the court.
Task
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
Tedious
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
A boring evening with uninteresting people
The deadening effect of some routine tasks
A dull play
His competent but dull performance
A ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
What an irksome task the writing of long letters is
Tedious days on the train
The tiresome chirping of a cricket
Other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Task
Any piece of work done.
Tedious
Using or containing too many words;
Long-winded (or windy) speakers
Verbose and ineffective instructional methods
Newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
Proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
Task
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Task
An objective.
Task
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
The user killed the frozen task.
Task
(obsolete) A tax or charge.
Task
(transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
Task
(transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
Task
(transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
Task
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil.
Each morning sees some task begin,Each evening sees it close.
Task
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
Task
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
Task
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Task
To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors.
Task
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
He prepared for great undertakings
Task
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;
Estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
The job of repairing the engine took several hours
The endless task of classifying the samples
The farmer's morning chores
Task
Assign a task to;
I tasked him with looking after the children
Task
Use to the limit;
You are taxing my patience
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