Sluggish vs Slump - What's the difference?
sluggish | slump |
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.
(lb) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
(lb) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= (lb) To slouch or droop.
(lb) To lump; to throw together messily.
* (1788-1856)
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
* (Isaac Barrow) (1630-1677)
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
(Scotland, UK, dialect) A boggy place.
(Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
(Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
As an adjective sluggish
is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.As a verb slump is
(lb) to collapse heavily or helplessly.As a noun slump is
a heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.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
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* sluggishnessslump
English
Verb
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}
- These different groupsare exclusively slumped together under that sense.
- The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump .