The difference between Animate and Living

When used as adjectives, animate means that which lives, whereas living means having life.

Animate is also verb with the meaning: to impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

Living is also noun with the meaning: the state of being alive.

check bellow for the other definitions of Animate and Living

  1. Animate as an adjective:

    That which lives.

  2. Animate as an adjective:

    Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

  3. Animate as an adjective:

    Dynamic, energetic.

    Examples:

    "She is an engaging and animate speaker."

  4. Animate as an adjective (grammar, of a noun or pronoun):

    Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.

    Examples:

    "Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate."

  5. Animate as an adjective (grammar):

    Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

  1. Animate as a verb (transitive):

    To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

    Examples:

    "If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action."

  2. Animate as a verb (transitive):

    To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

  1. Living as a verb:

  1. Living as an adjective:

    Having life.

  2. Living as an adjective:

    In use or existing.

    Examples:

    "Hunanese is a living language."

  3. Living as an adjective:

    Of everyday life.

    Examples:

    "These living conditions are deplorable."

  4. Living as an adjective:

    True to life.

    Examples:

    "This is the living image of Fidel Castro."

  5. Living as an adjective:

    Examples:

    "He almost beat the living daylights out of me."

  1. Living as a noun (uncountable):

    The state of being alive.

  2. Living as a noun (plural, with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive):

    Those who are alive.

    Examples:

    "Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living."

  3. Living as a noun:

    Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

    Examples:

    "What do you do for a living?"

  4. Living as a noun:

    A style of life.

    Examples:

    "plain living "

  5. Living as a noun (canon law):

    A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.

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