Difference between Otiose and Lazy

What is the difference between Otiose and Lazy?

Otiose as an adjective is resulting in no effect. while Lazy as an adjective is unwilling to do work or make an effort.

Otiose

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Resulting in no effect. Reluctant to work or to exert oneself. Having no reason for being (raison d'ĂȘtre); having no point, reason, or purpose.

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: Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.

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

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