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Idleness vs Sluggishness - What's the difference?

idleness | sluggishness | Synonyms |

Idleness is a synonym of sluggishness.


As nouns the difference between idleness and sluggishness

is that idleness is the state of being idle; inactivity while sluggishness is the property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.

idleness

English

Noun

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

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    sluggishness

    English

    Noun

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  • The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
  • The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
  • * 2012 , , Project Syndicate, Whose Sovereignty? :
  • ** And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.