herculean vs powerful what difference
what is difference between herculean and powerful
English
Adjective
herculean
- 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.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Romanian
Etymology
From French herculéen.
Adjective
herculean m or n (feminine singular herculeană, masculine plural herculeni, feminine and neuter plural herculene)
- 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)
- Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
- (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)
- (Southern US) Synonym of very
Anagrams
- powreful
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