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Inaction vs Enaction - What's the difference?

inaction | enaction |

As nouns the difference between inaction and enaction

is that inaction is want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness while enaction is the process of enacting something.

inaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

    • Related terms

    * inactive * inactively * inactivity

    References

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    enaction

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The process of enacting something.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • a wide spectrum of tics and compulsive movements which were enactions of sudden urges.

    Derived terms

    * reenaction