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Taxing vs Tired - What's the difference?

taxing | tired |

As verbs the difference between taxing and tired

is that taxing is present participle of lang=en while tired is past tense of tire.

As adjectives the difference between taxing and tired

is that taxing is with respect to an experience: exhausting; draining while tired is in need of some rest or sleep.

As a noun taxing

is the act of imposing a tax.

taxing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
  • Mentally challenging; difficult.
    • a taxing problem

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of imposing a tax.
  • * (Horace Binney)
    • Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City

    tired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tire)

    • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • In need of some rest or sleep.
  • Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
    • I'm tired of this
  • Overused]], [[cliché.
    • a tired song

    Usage notes

    * Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.

    Synonyms

    * exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See also

    See also

    * I am tired * sick and tired * that tired feeling

    Anagrams

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