Difference between Acedia and Sloth

What is the difference between Acedia and Sloth?

Acedia as a noun is apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference while Sloth as a noun is laziness; slowness in the mindset.

Acedia

Part of speech: noun

Definition: apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference spiritual or mental sloth; see accidie. boredom

Sloth

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Laziness; slowness in the mindset.A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.A collective term for a group of bears.

Example sentence: As winter approaches - bringing cold weather and family drama - we crave page-turners, books made for long nights and tryptophan-induced sloth.

We hope you now know whether to use Acedia or Sloth in your sentence.

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