inertia vs verve

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. 

verve

noun
  • Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing. 

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