Difference between Slow and Dawdling

SLOW vs DAWDLING: NOUN

A moth.
A Middle English preterit of slay.
A sluggard.
In zoöl, a sluggish or slow-paced skink, as the slow-worm or blindworm, Anguis fragilis; also, a newt or eft of like character.
A Middle English spelling of slough.

Only moderately warm; low.
Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness.
Lacking liveliness or interest; boring.
Characterized by a low volume of sales or transactions.
Registering a time or rate behind or below the correct one.
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed.
Taking more time than is usual.
Taking or requiring a long time.
Marked by a retarded tempo.
Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed.
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
(of business) not active or brisk
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Lacking in promptness or willingness; not precipitate.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish.
Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate.
Not advancing or improving rapidly.
A slow person. See def.7, above.
At a slow tempo
Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.

Heavy, inert, lumpish.
3 and
Synonyms Delaying, lingering, deliberate.
To become slow; slacken in speed.
Dull; lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness: used of persons or things: as, the entertainment was very slow.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time: as, the clock or watch is slow.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation.
Tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; used absolutely, not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual: as, a slow change; the slow growth of arts.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; not rapid: as, a slow train; a slow messenger.
Showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
Lose velocity
Move more slowly
Not moving quickly
Taking a comparatively long time
Slow to learn or understand
Lacking intellectual acuity
Slowly.
To slacken in speed: as, to slow a locomotive or a steamer: usually with up or down.
1–4. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow and tardy represent either a fact in external events or an element of character; dilatory only the latter. Dilatory expresses that disposition or habit by which one is once or generally slow to go about what ought to be done. See idle.
To make slow; delay; retard.
(imperative) Slew.

Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Dawdling, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

Saunter, Trundle, Loafing, Dallying, Ambling, Plodding, Dithering, Wasting time, Laggard, Trifling, Dalliance, Slow, Pokey, Poky, Dilatory

Boring, Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

Blundering, Hurrying, Saunter, Trundle, Ambling, Plodding, Dithering, Wasting time, Laggard, Trifling, Dalliance, Slow, Pokey, Poky, Dilatory

This may indicate that the server is slow to respond, the network is slow, or that there is some other network problem.
Experiencing a SLOW network connection: Are other office members are experiencing slow network access.
This is very helpful on systems with slow closing valves or on pump systems that are operating near maximum flow or have slow wellrecovery.
The slow cooker setting is great for meals that have a cook time already set for a slow cooking meal.
Really slow to respond after handing in draft, very slow edits, and final version looked nothing like the edited version we worked on together.
Lid on the slow cooker tin of chickpeas to make it chunkier this website you will lentil and potato curry slow cooker for.
Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath.
Expect slow transfer rates, primarily by reason of the slow network cards, the computer itself, and the storage.
Slow drivers slow everyone down and asshole drivers increase the slowdown by cutting people off.
In testing web applications, test with slow machines and slow networks that more closely mimic those of real users.

Lower expectations of federal aid and raise incentives for state leaders to aid themselves without dawdling.
Bedtime was at 8:30pm sharp, and the kids did a pretty good job of not dawdling or stalling.
Now, every time I see yours, I could kick myself for dawdling and losing out.
Bashar was dawdling because he thought his partner was out caught.
Slacking around backstage, seemingly dawdling around to get their gear onstage.
Regulating the mainstream media: dawdling in the last chance saloon?
The dawdling global response to warming temperatures means runaway climate change now looms.
Astrove senses the dawdling and coaxes them back to their shovels.
Wow, just dawdling without intent to be malevolent is an offence?.
Germany, and still more the dawdling week in Constantinople.