Difference between Gruelling and Hard

What is the difference between Gruelling and Hard?

Gruelling as an adjective is so difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking. while Hard as an adjective is resistant to pressure.

Gruelling

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

Hard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: With much force or effort.With difficulty.Compactly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Resistant to pressure.Requiring a lot of effort to do or understandDemanding a lot of effort to endure., severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.Unquestionable.Of drink, strong.Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.Sexually aroused.Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (c.f. soft)

Example sentence: There is no substitute for hard work.

We hope you now know whether to use Gruelling or Hard in your sentence.

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