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Koala vs Sloth - What's the difference?

koala | sloth |

As nouns the difference between koala and sloth

is that koala is a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia while sloth is laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

As a verb sloth is

to be idle.

koala

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

    • Synonyms

    * (marsupial) , koala bear, native bear (obsolete), native monkey (obsolete)

    See also

    * * Gundaroo bullock * (wikipedia) * (Phascolarctos cinereus) ----

    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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