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Adapted From the Cambridge Dictionary
Learning a new computer program is a tedious process.
I am aware the meaning of the whole sentence. I'd just like to know the difference between the sentence above and the one below.
Learning a new computer program is tedious.
Does the former convey a stronger feeling? Is the latter more common as it is shorter?
process: a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result
The difference is between the adjective "tedious" and the noun phrase "tedious process", as predicates of "learning a new computer program".
Of course, "learning a new computer program" is always a process, but the speaker has the option to characterize it by an adjective or by a noun phrase, with almost no difference in meaning.
