The difference between Sloth and Three-toed sloth

When used as nouns, sloth means laziness, whereas three-toed sloth means a kind of sloths having three toes on each limb.


Sloth is also verb with the meaning: to be idle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sloth and Three-toed sloth

  1. Sloth as a noun (uncountable):

    Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

  2. Sloth as a noun (countable):

    A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

  3. Sloth as a noun (rare):

    A collective term for a group of bears.

  1. Sloth as a verb (obsolete, intransitive, transitive):

    To be idle; to idle (away time).

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gower"

  1. Three-toed sloth as a noun:

    A kind of sloths having three toes on each limb.

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