The difference between Indolent and Lazy
When used as adjectives, indolent means habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour, whereas lazy means unwilling to do work or make an effort.
Lazy is also noun with the meaning: a lazy person.
Lazy is also verb with the meaning: to laze, act in a lazy manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Indolent and Lazy
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Indolent as an adjective:
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.
Examples:
"The indolent girl resisted doing her homework."
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Indolent as an adjective:
Inducing laziness.
Examples:
"indolent comfort"
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Indolent as an adjective (medicine):
Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
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Indolent as an adjective (medicine):
Healing slowly.
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Lazy as an adjective:
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Examples:
"Get out of bed, you lazy lout!"
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Lazy as an adjective:
Causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
Examples:
"I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday."
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Lazy as an adjective:
Sluggish; slow-moving.
Examples:
"We strolled along beside a lazy stream."
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Lazy as an adjective (optometry):
Lax: Droopy. Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Examples:
"a lazy-eared rabbit"
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Lazy as an adjective (of a, cattle brand):
Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
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Lazy as an adjective (comptheory):
Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
Examples:
"a lazy algorithm"
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Lazy as an adjective (UK, obsolete, or, dialect):
Wicked; vicious.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ben Jonson"
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Lazy as a verb (informal):
To laze, act in a lazy manner.
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Lazy as a noun:
A lazy person.
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Lazy as a noun (obsolete):
Sloth (animal).