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Sloth vs Unau - What's the difference?

sloth | unau |

As nouns the difference between sloth and unau

is that sloth is laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour while unau is linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus, a two-toed sloth native to South America.

As a verb sloth

is 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)

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English calques

    unau

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus , a two-toed sloth native to South America.
  • * 1834 , Augustus Addison Gould (editor), A System of Natural History , page 264,
    • The unau', or two-toed sloth, has no tail, and only two nails on the fore feet. The ai, or three-toed sloth, has a short tail, and three nails on every foot. The nose of the ' unau , is likewise much longer, the forehead higher, and the ears longer than those of the ai.
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