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Lazy vs Addicted - What's the difference?

lazy | addicted |

As verbs the difference between lazy and addicted

is that lazy is while addicted is (addict).

As an adjective addicted is

being physically or psychologically dependent on something.

lazy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Unwilling to do work or make an effort.
  • Requiring little or no effort.
  • Relaxed or leisurely.
  • (label) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
  • (label) Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.
  • (label) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
  • wicked; vicious
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "lazy" is often applied: person, man, woman, bastard, morning, day, time, way.

    Synonyms

    * (unwilling to work) bone-idle, idle, indolent, slothful, work-shy * See also

    Derived terms

    * laze * laziness * lazybones * lazy evaluation * lazy eye * lazy Susan

    Verb

  • (label) To laze, act in a lazy manner
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    addicted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being physically or psychologically dependent on something.
  • He is addicted to the Internet.
    She became more addicted to crack than she had ever been to heroin.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (addict)