ambition vs inertia

ambition

noun
  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

inertia

noun
  • Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. 

  • In a person, unwillingness to take action. 

  • The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. 

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