Part 44 (1/2)

Synony, laborious, severe, trying

_Arduous_ (L _arduus_, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and ordinarily for a lofty ai can only be won by _arduous_ toil _Hard_ applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrableis _hard_ that involves tax and strain whether of the physical or mental powers _Difficult_ is not used of that which merely taxes physical force; a dead lift is called _hard_ rather than _difficult_; breaking stone on the road would be called _hard_ rather than _difficult_ work; that is _difficult_ which involves skill, sagacity, or address, with or without a considerable expenditure of physical force; a geoled skein to unravel; a mountain _difficult_ to ascend _Hard_may be _hard_ to do or _hard_ to bear

_Arduous_ is always active That which is _laborious_ or _toilsome_ simply requires the steady application of labor or toil till accoer word That which is _onerous_ (L _onus_, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive

Responsibility may be _onerous_ even when it involves no special exertion

Antony, trivial

DIRECTION

Synony, course, inclination, tendency, way

The _direction_ of an object is the line of motion or of vision toward it, or the line in which the object is , considered from our own actual or mental standpoint _Way_, literally the road or path, comes naturally to mean the _direction_ of the road or path; conversationally, _way_ is almost a perfect synonyo? or, in which _direction_? _Bearing_ is the _direction_ in which an object is seen with reference to another, and especially with reference to the points of the co object; _inclination_, that tohich a stationary object leans; _tendency_, the _direction_ tohich anything stretches or reaches out; _tendency_ is stronger and more active than _inclination_ Compare AIM; CARE; ORDER; OVERSIGHT

DISCERN

Synonynize, descry, distinguish, perceive, see

What we _discern_ we _see_ apart froe apart; e _distinguish_ we nize by some special mark or manifest difference We _discrins; an officer is readily _distinguished_ from a common soldier by his uniforht, when yet we can not clearly _distinguish_ one froinally _espy_) what is difficult to discover Compare DISCOVER; LOOK

DISCOVER

Synonyms:

ascertain, detect, disclose, ferret out, find out, descry, discern, expose, find, invent

Of human actions or character, _detect_ is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; _discover_ ood or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was _detected_ in a fraud; real e, _detect_ is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be _detected_ We _discover_ what has existed but has not been known to us; we _invent_ coements not before in use; Coluraph _Find_ is theto knoas not before certainly known A er's purse, or _finds_ his ohich he is searching for The expert _discovers_ or _detects_ an error in an account; the auditor _finds_ the account to be correct Compare DISCERN

Antonyms:

See synonyms for HIDE