Tiring vs. Tired — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tiring and Tired
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Tiring
To lose energy or strength; grow weary
When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.
Tired
Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
Tiring
To grow bored or impatient
The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.
Tired
Impatient; bored
Tired of the same old sandwiches.
Tiring
To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue
The long walk tired me.
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Tired
Overused; hackneyed
A tired joke.
Tiring
To exhaust the interest or patience of.
Tired
Simple past tense and past participle of tire
Tiring
To adorn or attire.
Tired
In need of some rest or sleep.
Tiring
Attire.
Tired
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this
Tiring
A headband or headdress.
Tired
Overused, cliché.
A tired song
Tiring
Present participle of tire
Tired
Ineffectual; incompetent
Tiring
(uncountable) The action of tiring.
Tired
Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
Tiring
(falconry) Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.
Tired
Depleted of strength or energy;
Tired mothers with crying babies
Too tired to eat
Tiring
That tires or tire.
Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.
Tired
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Tiring
Producing exhaustion;
An exhausting march
The visit was especially wearing
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