herculean vs powerful what difference

what is difference between herculean and powerful

English

Adjective

herculean

1. Alternative letter-case form of Herculean
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

     Still there are some loop-holes out of which a man may creep, and dare to think and act for himself; but for a woman it is an herculean task, because she has difficulties peculiar to her sex to overcome, which require almost super-human powers.

Romanian

Etymology

From French herculéen.

Adjective

herculean m or n (feminine singular herculeană, masculine plural herculeni, feminine and neuter plural herculene)

1. Herculean

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• powreful, powrefull (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull, equivalent to power +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊɚfəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊəfəl/
• Hyphenation: pow‧er‧ful

Adjective

powerful (comparative more powerful or powerfuller or powerfuler, superlative most powerful or powerfullest or powerfulest)

1. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
2. (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

Synonyms

• mightful
• mighty
• powersome
• strengthful
• strong
• forceful

Antonyms

• powerless
• strengthless

Translations

See also

• strong

Adverb

powerful (comparative more powerful, superlative most powerful)

1. (Southern US) Synonym of very

Anagrams

• powreful

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