Difference between Indolent and Lazy

What is the difference between Indolent and Lazy?

Indolent as an adjective is habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour. while Lazy as an adjective is unwilling to do work or make an effort.

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.

Lazy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unwilling to do work or make an effort.Requiring little or no effort.Relaxed or leisurely.Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.(cattle brands) Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.

Example sentence: Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

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

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