The difference between Sloth and Two-toed sloth

When used as nouns, sloth means laziness, whereas two-toed sloth means one of two species of large mammals in genus choloepus, last survivors of family megalonychidae, known for their slowness of movement.


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

check bellow for the other definitions of Sloth and Two-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:

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  1. Two-toed sloth as a noun:

    One of two species of large mammals in genus Choloepus, last survivors of family Megalonychidae, known for their slowness of movement.

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