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Indolent vs Sedentary - What's the difference?

indolent | sedentary |

As adjectives the difference between indolent and sedentary

is that indolent is habitually]] lazy, [[procrastinate|procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour while sedentary is not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

indolent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Habitually]] lazy, [[procrastinate, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.
  • The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
  • Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort ).
  • (medicine) Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
  • (medicine) Healing slowly.
  • Synonyms

    * work-shy * See also

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    sedentary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
  • The oyster is a sedentary''' mollusk; the barnacles are '''sedentary crustaceans.
  • Not moving much; sitting around.
  • * Bishop Warburton
  • Sedentary , scholastic sophists.
  • * Beaconsfield
  • Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
  • (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
  • * Milton
  • The sedentary earth.
  • * Spectator
  • The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
  • (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
  • * Milton
  • Sedentary numbness.

    Synonyms

    * settled

    Antonyms

    * migratory * active