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plodding vs toil

toil vs plodding

plodding and toil both are nouns.

plodding is an adjective but toil is not an adjective.

plodding is not a verb while toil is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plodding Yes Yes No No
toil Yes No Yes No
As nouns, toil is a hypernym of plodding; that is, toil is a word with a broader meaning than plodding:
  • plodding: hard monotonous routine work
  • toil: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Other hypernyms of plodding include labor, labour.
plodding (noun) toil (noun)
hard monotonous routine work productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
plodding (adjective) toil (adjective)
(of movement) slow and laborious
plodding (verb) toil (verb)
work hard
Difference between plodding and toil

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