toilsome vs laborious

toilsome and laborious both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
toilsome	No	Yes	No	No
laborious	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, toilsome and laborious are synonyms defined as:

toilsome and laborious: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Other synonyms of toilsome include arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, operose, punishing.

toilsome (adjective)	laborious (adjective)
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort	characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort