Which should you use, exhausting or exhaustive? The adjective exhausting means extremely tiring. The adjective exhaustive means complete and including everything.
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We headed back for a much needed rest after an exhaustive day of traveling.
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We headed back for a much needed rest after an exhausting day of traveling.
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The comprehensive website covers every possible aspect of taxation in exhausting detail.
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The comprehensive website covers every possible aspect of taxation in exhaustive detail.
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