Sloth vs Mapinguary - What's the difference?
sloth | mapinguary |
(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.
A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 8, author=Larry Rohter, title=A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?, work=New York Times
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As nouns the difference between sloth and mapinguary
is that sloth is laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour while mapinguary is a legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.As a verb sloth
is to be idle.sloth
English
(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 calquesmapinguary
English
(wikipedia mapinguary)Alternative forms
* mapinguariNoun
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