Loaf
Loaf verb - To spend time doing nothing.
Usage example: the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf
Sweat
Sweat verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns
Common collocations
| time | loaf time | sweat time |
Both words in one sentence
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They'd revisit the idea of sampling portions of Sabbath songs later in their career when they slightly altered the main riff to "Sweet Leaf" for the opening track of Locust Abortion Technician, appropriately titled "Sweat Loaf".
Source: Music / Butthole Surfers
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