Indolence vs Slothfulness - What's the difference?
indolence | slothfulness | Related terms |
Habitual laziness or sloth.
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being slothful.
(countable, rare) The result or product of being slothful.
Indolence is a related term of slothfulness.
As nouns the difference between indolence and slothfulness
is that indolence is habitual laziness or sloth while slothfulness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being slothful.indolence
English
Noun
(en noun)- "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."
- [H]er whole figure expressed a tense vibrant life in singular contrast to the apparent indolence of the men at whom she was talking.
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.