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Inertness vs Passivity - What's the difference?

inertness | passivity |

As nouns the difference between inertness and passivity

is that inertness is want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility while passivity is the state of being passive.

inertness

English

Noun

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  • Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.
  • Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
  • (chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.

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    passivity

    English

    Noun

  • The state of being passive.
  • Submissiveness.
  • A lack of initiative.

    • Synonyms

    * passiveness

    Antonyms

    * activity

    Related terms

    * passion * passionate * passive * patience * patient

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