Difference between Indolent and Inactive

What is the difference between Indolent and Inactive?

Indolent as an adjective is habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour. while Inactive as an adjective is not active, temporarily or permanently

Indolent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour. Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort). Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.). Healing slowly.

Inactive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not active, temporarily or permanentlyNot functioning or operating; broken downRetired from duty or serviceRelatively inertShowing no optical activity in polarized light

We hope you now know whether to use Indolent or Inactive in your sentence.

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