Sluggish vs Depressed - What's the difference?
sluggish | depressed |
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
(depress)
unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
Suffering from clinical depression.
Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
As adjectives the difference between sluggish and depressed
is that sluggish is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man while depressed is unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent.As a verb depressed is
(depress).sluggish
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect . --
- Matter, being impotent, sluggish , and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself . -- Woodward
- Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.