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Inaction vs Indolence - What's the difference?

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Inaction is a related term of indolence.


As nouns the difference between inaction and indolence

is that inaction is want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness while indolence is habitual laziness or sloth.

inaction

English

Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * inactive * inactively * inactivity

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    indolence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Habitual laziness or sloth.
  • * 1814 , , Mansfield Park , ch. 11:
    • "It is indolence', Mr. Bertram, indeed. ' Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen."
  • * 1912 , , The Sign at Six , ch. 19:
    • [H]er whole figure expressed a tense vibrant life in singular contrast to the apparent indolence of the men at whom she was talking.
  • * 2001 Sept. 10, , " In Praise of Lasiness," Time (retrieved 24 March 2014):
    • [N]ow, after five weeks of doing nothing, I am an authority on the subject of indolence and glad to share my views with you.

    Synonyms

    * indolency

    Related terms

    * indolent