Lethargic vs Trite - What's the difference?
lethargic | trite |
sluggish, slow
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, 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
Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
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A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
As adjectives the difference between lethargic and trite
is that lethargic is sluggish, slow while trite is worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).As a noun trite is
a denomination of coinage in ancient greece equivalent to one third of a stater.lethargic
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Alternative forms
* lethargick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* torpid * lazy * unmovingtrite
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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