What is the difference between Idle and Idol?
What is the difference between Idle and Idol? :
Idle : (adjective)
( 1 ) Doing nothing or having no work
Not employed
Lakhs of people are idle in this country.
( 2 ) Not active or not in use
The factory machines lay idle during the workers’ strike.
( 3 ) Lazy or avoiding work
Are you an idle student?
( 4 ) Worthless or useless
It is idle to expect help from him.
Idol : (noun)
( 1 ) Image of a God used as an object of worship
He bought an idol this forenoon.
( 2 ) Person or thing that is greatly loved or admired
As an only child, he was the idol of his parents.