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Sluggish vs Slugging - What's the difference?

sluggish | slugging |

As an adjective sluggish

is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

As a verb slugging is

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As a noun slugging is

(us) a blow or blows with the fist; a beating.

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

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * sluggishness

    slugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (US) A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.
  • * 1962 , Daniel Bell, The End of Ideology
    • The feuding for control of the Jersey waterfront made news as sluggings , bombings, and beatings continued on the Jersey City docks.
  • (US) The act of hitting a ball hard; slogging.

    • Derived terms

    * slugging average * slugging percentage