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Slothful vs Negligent - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between slothful and negligent

is that slothful is lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth while negligent is careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.

slothful

English

Alternative forms

* slothfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth.
  • * He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. - Proverbs. 18:9

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    negligent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
  • (legal) Culpable due to negligence.

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    * negligence ----