Drowsiness vs Inertia - What's the difference?
drowsiness | inertia | Related terms |
(physics, uncountable, or, countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
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(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Drowsiness is a related term of inertia.
As nouns the difference between drowsiness and inertia
is that drowsiness is state of being drowsy while inertia is (physics|uncountable|or|countable) the property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.inertia
English
(wikipedia inertia)Noun
- Men have immense irresolution and inertia .
Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.