The difference between Drudgery and Fatigue

When used as nouns, drudgery means tedious, menial and exhausting work, whereas fatigue means a weariness caused by exertion.


Fatigue is also verb with the meaning: to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.

check bellow for the other definitions of Drudgery and Fatigue

  1. Drudgery as a noun:

    Tedious, menial and exhausting work.

  1. Fatigue as a noun:

    A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

  2. Fatigue as a noun (often in the plural):

    A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.

  3. Fatigue as a noun (engineering):

    Material failure, such as cracking or separation, caused by stress on the material.

  1. Fatigue as a verb (transitive):

    to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion

  2. Fatigue as a verb (transitive, culinary):

    to wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it

  3. Fatigue as a verb (intransitive):

    to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted

  4. Fatigue as a verb (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen):

    to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

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