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Sloth vs Kawaka - What's the difference?

sloth | kawaka |

As nouns the difference between sloth and kawaka

is that sloth is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour while kawaka is (nz) a new zealand tree, libocedrus plumosa .

As a verb sloth

is (obsolete|intransitive) to be idle.

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

    Related terms

    * slowth

    Verb

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

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    kawaka

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (NZ) A New Zealand tree, Libocedrus plumosa .