Difference between Ennui and Tedium

What is the difference between Ennui and Tedium?

Ennui as a noun is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. while Tedium as a noun is boredom or tediousness; ennui

Ennui

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

Example sentence: The song 'Take This Job and Shove It' spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites.

Tedium

Part of speech: noun

Definition: boredom or tediousness; ennui

We hope you now know whether to use Ennui or Tedium in your sentence.

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