Lackadaisical vs Lethargic - What's the difference?
lackadaisical | lethargic |
Showing no interest or enthusiasm.
* 2010 ,
sluggish, slow
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VII
, passage=[That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.}}
indifferent, apathetic
As adjectives the difference between lackadaisical and lethargic
is that lackadaisical is showing no interest or enthusiasm while lethargic is sluggish, slow.lackadaisical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.
- the lackadaisical look on his face
