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Sedentary vs Causal - What's the difference?

sedentary | causal |

As adjectives the difference between sedentary and causal

is that sedentary is not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity while causal is of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.

As a noun causal is

a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

sedentary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
  • The oyster is a sedentary''' mollusk; the barnacles are '''sedentary crustaceans.
  • Not moving much; sitting around.
  • * Bishop Warburton
  • Sedentary , scholastic sophists.
  • * Beaconsfield
  • Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
  • (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
  • * Milton
  • The sedentary earth.
  • * Spectator
  • The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
  • (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
  • * Milton
  • Sedentary numbness.

    Synonyms

    * settled

    Antonyms

    * migratory * active

    causal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing
  • There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause
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