Lazy vs. Sluggish — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lazy and Sluggish
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Lazy
Not willing to work or be energetic.
Sluggish
Slow-moving or inactive
A sluggish stream
Lazy
Slow-moving; sluggish
A lazy river.
Sluggish
Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive
A sluggish stream.
Sluggish growth.
Lazy
Conducive to inactivity or indolence
A lazy summer day.
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Sluggish
Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.
Lazy
Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.
Sluggish
Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.
Lazy
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
Sluggish
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
A sluggish man
Lazy
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.
Sluggish
Slow; having little motion.
Lazy
Showing a lack of effort or care.
Lazy writing
Sluggish
Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
Lazy
Sluggish; slow-moving.
We strolled along beside a lazy stream.
Sluggish
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Lazy
Lax:
Sluggish
Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.
Lazy
Droopy.
A lazy-eared rabbit
Sluggish
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
Lazy
(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Sluggish
Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
Lazy
Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
Sluggish
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.
And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
Lazy
(comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
A lazy algorithm
Sluggish
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Lazy
Wicked; vicious.
Sluggish
With little movement; very slow;
A sluggish stream
Lazy
(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.
Sluggish
(of business) not active or brisk;
Business is dull (or slow)
A sluggish market
Lazy
A lazy person.
Sluggish
Slow and apathetic;
She was fat and inert
A sluggish worker
A mind grown torpid in old age
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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