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Inactivity vs Listlessness - What's the difference?

inactivity | listlessness | Related terms |

Inactivity is a related term of listlessness.


As nouns the difference between inactivity and listlessness

is that inactivity is the quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness while listlessness is the state of being listless; indifference; lethargy.

inactivity

English

Noun

  • The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
  • Derived terms

    * masterly inactivity

    listlessness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being listless; indifference; lethargy.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , But every thing must have an end. A motion made by this angelic youth, in the listlessness of going off sleep, replac'd his shirt and the bed-cloaths in a posture that shut up that treasure from longer view.}}