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Sluggish vs Laggy - What's the difference?

sluggish | laggy |

As adjectives the difference between sluggish and laggy

is that sluggish is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man while laggy is having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

sluggish

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
    • And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect . --
  • Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
  • Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
    • Matter, being impotent, sluggish , and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself . -- Woodward
  • Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  • Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
    • Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

    Quotations

    * So sluggish a conceit . --

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * sluggishness

    laggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
    • Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.
  • (video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
    • I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.