different between slothful vs inert
slothful
English
Alternative forms
- slothfull (archaic)
Etymology
sloth +? -ful
Adjective
slothful (comparative more slothful, superlative most slothful)
- Lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
- Synonyms: inactive, sluggish, indolent
- Antonyms: active, unslothful
- He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:lazy
Translations
slothful From the web:
- what slothful mean
- slothfulness what does it mean
- what does slothful mean in the bible
- what is slothfulness in the bible
- what does slothful in zeal mean
- what does slothful mean in re zero
- what do slothful mean
- what causes slothfulness
inert
English
Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Adjective
inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)
- Unable to move or act; inanimate.
- In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
- Having no therapeutic action.
Synonyms
- (unable to move or act): dormant, motionless; see also Thesaurus:inactive or Thesaurus:stationary
- (not readily reacting): unreactive
Derived terms
- inert gas
- inertly
Translations
See also
- inertia
Noun
inert (plural inerts)
- (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.
Verb
inert (third-person singular simple present inerts, present participle inerting, simple past and past participle inerted)
- To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.
Anagrams
- -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inter, inter-, niter, nitre, riten., terin, trine
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin iners.
Adjective
inert (feminine inerta, masculine plural inerts, feminine plural inertes)
- inert
Derived terms
- gas inert
- inertament
Related terms
- inèrcia
Further reading
- “inert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
inert (comparative inerter, superlative am inertesten)
- inert
Declension
Further reading
- “inert” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners.
Adjective
inert m or n (feminine singular inert?, masculine plural iner?i, feminine and neuter plural inerte)
- inert
Declension
inert From the web:
- what inertia
- what inertia means
- what inertia in physics
- what inert means
- what inert gas
- what inertia is present in a stretched rubber
- what inert pair effect
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- slothful vs inert
- unendurable vs odious
- shiver vs falter
- duct vs sewer
- glitter vs show
- heedless vs indifferent
- hump vs swell
- forthright vs natural
- lull vs tranquility
- protrusion vs swelling
- patiently vs collectedly
- secretive vs baffling
- categorising vs arrangement
- draft vs archetype
- narrowing vs squeezing
- horrifying vs low
- cowardly vs debased
- prodigious vs superb
- pack vs mob
- debilitation vs drowsiness