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

  1. Indolent as an adjective:

    Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.

    Examples:

    "The indolent girl resisted doing her homework."

  2. Indolent as an adjective:

    Inducing laziness.

    Examples:

    "indolent comfort"

  3. Indolent as an adjective (medicine):

    Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

  4. Indolent as an adjective (medicine):

    Healing slowly.

  1. Lazy as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "Get out of bed, you lazy lout!"

  2. Lazy as an adjective:

    Causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely.

    Examples:

    "I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday."

  3. Lazy as an adjective:

    Sluggish; slow-moving.

    Examples:

    "We strolled along beside a lazy stream."

  4. Lazy as an adjective (optometry):

    Lax: Droopy. Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.

    Examples:

    "a lazy-eared rabbit"

  5. Lazy as an adjective (of a, cattle brand):

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

  6. Lazy as an adjective (comptheory):

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

    Examples:

    "a lazy algorithm"

  7. Lazy as an adjective (UK, obsolete, or, dialect):

    Wicked; vicious.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  1. Lazy as a verb (informal):

    To laze, act in a lazy manner.

  1. Lazy as a noun:

    A lazy person.

  2. Lazy as a noun (obsolete):

    Sloth (animal).

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