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Sloth vs Inactive - What's the difference?

sloth | inactive |

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

English

(wikipedia sloth)

Alternative forms

* sloath, slowth (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
  • * Milton
  • [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth .
  • * Franklin
  • Sloth , like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
  • (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.
  • Usage notes

    Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

    Derived terms

    * forsloth * Australian sloth * native sloth * sloth animalcule * sloth bear * slothful * sloth monkey

    Hyponyms

    * (animal) two-toed sloth

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be idle.
  • (Gower)

    Anagrams

    * English calques

    inactive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not active, temporarily or permanently
  • The volcano is inactive , but is only dormant.
  • Not functioning or operating; broken down
  • The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
  • Retired from duty or service
  • Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
  • (chemistry) Relatively inert
  • Aluminium is inactive towards water.
  • (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light
  • Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.

    Derived terms

    * inactively * inactivity

    Synonyms

    * (not active) dull, dormant * (not functioning or operating) idle

    Antonyms

    * (not active) active