As adjectives the difference between sluggish and poor

is that sluggish is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man while poor is with little or no possessions or money.

As a noun poor is

(with "the") those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.

As nouns the difference between hostage and hijack

is that hostage is a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released while hijack is an instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.

As a verb hijack is

to forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

As nouns the difference between blotch and mottle

is that blotch is an uneven patch of color or discoloration while mottle is a distinguishing blotch of color.

As verbs the difference between blotch and mottle

is that blotch is to mark with blotches while mottle is to mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

As nouns the difference between turn and wrap

is that turn is a change of direction or orientation while wrap is wrap (food).

As a verb turn

is (lb) non-linear physical movement .

As nouns the difference between risk and plan

is that risk is a possible, usually negative, outcome, eg, a danger while plan is a tablet (for writing and erasing).

As a verb risk

is to incur risk (to something).

As verbs the difference between planned and threatened

is that planned is (plan) while threatened is (threaten).

As adjectives the difference between planned and threatened

is that planned is existing or designed according to a plan while threatened is (ecology|of a plant or animal) at risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

As nouns the difference between zamindar and talukdars

is that zamindar is (historical) a landowner, especially on the indian subcontinent, one paying tax directly to the british government while talukdars is .

As nouns the difference between discomfort and tandem

is that discomfort is mental or bodily distress while tandem is tandem bicycle.

As a verb discomfort

is to cause annoyance or distress to.

As adjectives the difference between pervasive and epidemic

is that pervasive is manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything while epidemic is like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread.

As a noun epidemic is

a widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.

As adjectives the difference between passionate and dramatic

is that passionate is given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic and/or sexual while dramatic is dramatic.

As a noun passionate

is a passionate individual.

As a verb passionate

is (obsolete) to fill with passion, or with another given emotion.