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Slowth vs Sloth - What's the difference?

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Sloth is a alternative form of slowth.

Sloth is a related term of slowth.



As nouns the difference between slowth and sloth

is that slowth is alternative form of sloth while sloth is laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

As a verb sloth is

to be idle.

slowth

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) slouthe, slewthe, from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • (archaic)
  • * (rfdate) George Washington, The writings of George Washington :
  • [...] but such was the reduced state of our Continental regiments, after the battle of Brandywine, and such the slowth and difficulty of procuring reinforcements of militia from the southward, [...] (1890 edition)
  • * (rfdate) Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series (2011 edition)
  • [...] are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30 years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • Slow economic growth.
  • * 1980', Martin Kupferman, Maurice D. Levi, '''''Slowth , the changing economy and how you can successfully cope :
  • Slowth lies behind the difficulties each of us faces in achieving the standard of living we desire.
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  • Etymology 3

    Recoinage

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being slow; slowness.
  • * 1966 , Flying Magazine:
  • Good old-fashioned slowth is being looked at with new interest, as is exemplified by such old antiques as the old Douglas Skyraider. And, of course the helicopter, slowest of all, so slow you can easily make one go backwards.
  • * 1983 , High fidelity Musical America:
  • The tempo of the introduction, which Mahler has marked to be slow and dragging, is of the utmost "slowth " (if I may use such a word to denote the creepy, crawling atmosphere thus created).
  • * 2006 , CPU speed: new computer necessary?:
  • The slowth may have been caused by various software issues rather than anything to do with hardware.

    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

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be idle.
  • (Gower)

    Anagrams

    * English calques