Sloth vs Inactive - What's the difference?
sloth | inactive |
(uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
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(countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
(rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
Not active, temporarily or permanently
Not functioning or operating; broken down
Retired from duty or service
(chemistry) Relatively inert
(physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light
As verbs the difference between sloth and inactive
is that sloth is (obsolete|intransitive) to be idle while inactive is .As a noun sloth
is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.As an adjective inactive is
inactivated.sloth
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(wikipedia sloth)Alternative forms
* sloath, slowth (obsolete)Noun
- [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth .
- Sloth , like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
Usage notes
Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.Derived terms
* forsloth * Australian sloth * native sloth * sloth animalcule * sloth bear * slothful * sloth monkeyHyponyms
* (animal) two-toed slothExternal links
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* English calquesinactive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The volcano is inactive , but is only dormant.
- The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
- Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
- Aluminium is inactive towards water.
- Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.