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Desuetude vs Idleness - What's the difference?

desuetude | idleness |

As nouns the difference between desuetude and idleness

is that desuetude is disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised while idleness is the state of being idle; inactivity.

desuetude

English

(wikipedia desuetude)

Noun

  • disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)
  • *1819, Sir Walter Scott, Bride of Lammermoor
  • *:... we of the house of Ravenswood do our endeavour in keeping up, by all just and lawful exertion of our baronial authority, that due and fitting connexion betwixt superior and vassal, which is in some danger of falling into desuetude , owing to the general license and misrule of these present unhappy times.

    • idleness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being idle; inactivity.
  • The state of being indolent; indolence
  • Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality.

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