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Inertia vs Stagnation - What's the difference?

inertia | stagnation |

As nouns the difference between inertia and stagnation

is that inertia is the property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass while stagnation is inactivity.

inertia

English

(wikipedia inertia)

Noun

  • (physics, uncountable, or, countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
  • (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
  • * Carlyle
    • Men have immense irresolution and inertia .
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
    • City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
  • (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

    • Synonyms

    * (unwillingness to take action) idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness

    Derived terms

    * inertial * inertia welding * moment of inertia

    Related terms

    * inert * inertness

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    stagnation

    English

    Noun

  • inactivity
    • The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.
  • being stagnant; being without circulation
    • Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.

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