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Bravery vs Sloth - What's the difference?

bravery | sloth |

In countable terms the difference between bravery and sloth

is that bravery is a brave act while sloth is a herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

As nouns the difference between bravery and sloth

is that bravery is being brave, courageousness while sloth is laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

As a verb sloth is

to be idle.

bravery

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (usually, uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
  • (countable) A brave act.

    • Synonyms

    * (being brave) bravehood, braveness, courageousness, fearlessness; courage, pluck, valor; see also

    Related terms

    * bravado * brave * bravure English abstract nouns

    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

    Related terms

    * slowth

    Verb

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

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