Sluggish vs Fatigue - What's the difference?
sluggish | fatigue |
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.
A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
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A menial task, especially in the military.
(engineering) A mechanism of material failure involving of crack growth caused by low-stress cyclic loading.
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to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
(intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
As an adjective sluggish
is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.As a noun fatigue is
a weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.As a verb fatigue is
to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.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.
Quotations
* So sluggish a conceit . --Synonyms
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Noun
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- Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.