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Sloth vs Sooth - What's the difference?

sloth | sooth |

As nouns the difference between sloth and sooth

is that sloth is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour while sooth is (archaic) truth.

As a verb sloth

is (obsolete|intransitive) to be idle.

As an adjective sooth is

(archaic) true.

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)

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English calques

    sooth

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Truth.
  • * (Merchant of Venice , Act I, Scene 1)
    • In sooth , I know not why I am so sad.
  • * Longfellow
    • In good sooth , / Its mystery is love, its meaning youth.
  • (obsolete) augury; prognostication
  • * Spenser
    • The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
  • (obsolete) blandishment; cajolery
  • (obsolete) reality; fact

    • Derived terms

    * soothsayer * soothsaying * soothfast * forsooth

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) True.
  • * Spenser
    • That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
  • (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
  • * Milton
    • the soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains
  • * Keats
    • with jellies soother than the creamy curd

    See also

    * soothe * soothly * soothfast * forsooth

    Anagrams

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