Languor vs Sloth - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude
(countable) listless indolence; dreaminess
(uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation
(obsolete, countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering
(uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
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(countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
(rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
Languor is a related term of sloth.
In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between languor and sloth
is that languor is (uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation while sloth is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.In countable|lang=en terms the difference between languor and sloth
is that languor is (countable) listless indolence; dreaminess while sloth is (countable) a herbivorous, arboreal south american mammal of the families megalonychidae and bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.As nouns the difference between languor and sloth
is that languor is (uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling: lassitude while sloth is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.As a verb sloth is
(obsolete|intransitive) to be idle.languor
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Alternative forms
* languourNoun
- languor of convalescence
- a certain languor in the air hinted at an early summer --
- from languor she passed to the lightest vivacity --
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(wikipedia sloth)Alternative forms
* sloath, slowth (obsolete)Noun
- [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth .
- Sloth , like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
