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Nonaction vs Inaction - What's the difference?

nonaction | inaction |

As nouns the difference between nonaction and inaction

is that nonaction is the absence of action; failure to act while inaction is want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

nonaction

English

Noun

  • The absence of action; failure to act.
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    inaction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

    • Related terms

    * inactive * inactively * inactivity

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