hesitancy vs sloth

hesitancy and sloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hesitancy	Yes	No	No	No
sloth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sloth is a hyponym of hesitancy; that is, sloth is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hesitancy:

Other hyponyms of hesitancy include slothfulness.

hesitancy (noun)	sloth (noun)
a certain degree of unwillingness	apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something	any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
	a disinclination to work or exert yourself