sloth vs hesitancy

sloth and hesitancy both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hesitancy is a hypernym of sloth; that is, hesitancy is a word with a broader meaning than sloth:

Other hypernyms of sloth include disinclination, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance.

sloth (noun)	hesitancy (noun)
apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)	a certain degree of unwillingness
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 feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
a disinclination to work or exert yourself