Clumsy vs. Lazy — What's the Difference?

Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.

Not willing to work or be energetic.

Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy

Slow-moving; sluggish

Gauche; inept

Conducive to inactivity or indolence

Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.

Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.

Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.

A clumsy person.

Showing a lack of effort or care.

Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

Sluggish; slow-moving.

Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.

Lax:

Lacking grace in movement or posture;

Droopy.

Not elegant or graceful in expression;

(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.

Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;

Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.

Showing lack of skill or aptitude;

(comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.

Wicked; vicious.

(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

A lazy person.

(obsolete) Sloth (animal).

Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.

Wicked; vicious.

Moving slowly and gently;

Disinclined to work or exertion;