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Accedie vs Sloth - What's the difference?

accedie | sloth |

As nouns the difference between accedie and sloth

is that accedie is acedia while sloth is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

As a verb sloth is

(obsolete|intransitive) to be idle.

accedie

English

Noun

(-)
  • Acedia.
  • sloth

    English

    (wikipedia sloth)

    Alternative forms

    * sloath, slowth (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
  • * Milton
  • [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth .
  • * Franklin
  • Sloth , like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
  • (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
  • (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
  • Usage notes

    Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

    Derived terms

    * forsloth * Australian sloth * native sloth * sloth animalcule * sloth bear * slothful * sloth monkey

    Hyponyms

    * (animal) two-toed sloth

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be idle.
  • (Gower)

    Anagrams

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