✅ Tedious refers to something that is boring and overly long or wordy (a tedious story).

✅ Banal refers to something that lacks originality (The latest installment in the series was so banal).

✅ Tedious and banal both refer to things that are dull and uninteresting.

✅ Tedious suggests something monotonous, whereas banal suggests something trite and overdone (a banal rom-com; a tedious lecture).

✅ Resolve refers to determination or to being firmly fixed on a course of action (She followed her dreams with resolve and dedication).

✅ Steadfastness refers to a firm sense of purpose or to a dedication to something such as a relationship, a course of action, or a faith or belief (His steadfastness in difficult times was something I really admired).

✅ Resolve and steadfastness both refer to a strong sense of purpose.

✅ Steadfastness refers to a dedication to relationships, which resolve does not.

✅ Focus refers to the central point of an activity or the central point that you need to pay attention to (Getting adequate nutrition is the focus of meal planning).

✅ Core refers to the central, innermost, or most important part of something (the core of an argument).

✅ Both focus and core refer to the most important or key part of something.

✅ The focus is the part that your energies are concentrated on, whereas the core is the key theme or underlying concept.