Clumsy vs. Lazy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Clumsy and Lazy
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Clumsy
Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
Lazy
Not willing to work or be energetic.
Clumsy
Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy
Clumsy wooden shoes.
A clumsy sentence.
Lazy
Slow-moving; sluggish
A lazy river.
Clumsy
Gauche; inept
A clumsy excuse.
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Lazy
Conducive to inactivity or indolence
A lazy summer day.
Clumsy
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
Lazy
Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.
Clumsy
Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
What a clumsy joke
Lazy
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
Clumsy
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
Lazy
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.
Clumsy
A clumsy person.
Lazy
Showing a lack of effort or care.
Lazy writing
Clumsy
Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
Lazy
Sluggish; slow-moving.
We strolled along beside a lazy stream.
Clumsy
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.
But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed,Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed.
Lazy
Lax:
Clumsy
Lacking grace in movement or posture;
A gawky lad with long ungainly legs
Clumsy fingers
What an ungainly creature a giraffe is
Heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
Lazy
Droopy.
A lazy-eared rabbit
Clumsy
Not elegant or graceful in expression;
An awkward prose style
A clumsy apology
His cumbersome writing style
If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
Lazy
(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Clumsy
Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
An awkward bundle to carry
A load of bunglesome paraphernalia
Clumsy wooden shoes
The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
Lazy
Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
Clumsy
Showing lack of skill or aptitude;
A bungling workman
Did a clumsy job
His fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
Lazy
(comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
A lazy algorithm
Lazy
Wicked; vicious.
Lazy
(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.
Lazy
A lazy person.
Lazy
(obsolete) Sloth (animal).
Lazy
Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
Lazy
Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
Lazy
Wicked; vicious.
Lazy
Moving slowly and gently;
Up a lazy river
Lazy white clouds
At a lazy pace
Lazy
Disinclined to work or exertion;
Faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
An indolent hanger-on
Too lazy to wash the dishes
Shiftless idle youth
Slothful employees
The unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
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