different between apathy vs indolence

English

Etymology

From French apathie, from Latin apath?a, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apátheia, “impassibility”, “insensibility”, “freedom from emotion”), from ?????? (apath?s, “not suffering or having suffered”, “without experience of”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (páthos, “anything that befalls one”, “incident”, “emotion”, “passion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.p?.?i/

Noun

apathy (usually uncountable, plural apathies)

1. Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

   Synonyms: indifference, neutrality

   Antonyms: empathy, sympathy

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Anagrams

• Pyhtää

English

Etymology

From Middle French indolence, from Latin indolentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?l?ns/

Noun

indolence (usually uncountable, plural indolences)

1. Habitual laziness or sloth.
   • 1912, Stewart Edward White, chapter 19, in The Sign at Six:

     [H]er whole figure expressed a tense vibrant life in singular contrast to the apparent indolence of the men at whom she was talking.

   • 2001 September 10, Garrison Keillor, “In praise of laziness”, in Time^[1]:

     [N]ow, after five weeks of doing nothing, I am an authority on the subject of indolence and glad to share my views with you.

Synonyms

• indolency

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indolentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.d?.l??s/

Noun

indolence f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) insensibility, lack of pain
2. laziness, indolence

Further reading

• “indolence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).