The difference between Animation and Life

When used as nouns, animation means the act of animating, or giving life or spirit, whereas life means the state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects.

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  1. Animation as a noun:

    The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

  2. Animation as a noun (animation, in the sense of a cartoon):

    The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics.

  3. Animation as a noun:

    The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

    Examples:

    "He recited the story with great animation."

  4. Animation as a noun:

    The condition of being animate or alive.

  5. Animation as a noun (linguistics):

    conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

  1. Life as a noun (uncountable):

    The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.

    Examples:

    "Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.  nowrap He gave up on life."

  2. Life as a noun:

    The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "", "living constitution", etc.

  3. Life as a noun:

    Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

    Examples:

    "It's life, but not as we know it.'' ''She discovered plant life on the planet.'' ''The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world."

  4. Life as a noun (countable):

    A living ; the fact of a particular individual being alive.

    Examples:

    "Many lives were lost during the war. Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives."

  5. Life as a noun (informal):

    Existence A worthwhile existence. A particular aspect of existence. Social life. Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.

    Examples:

    "Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.'' ''the eternal life of the soul"

    "He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life!  nowrap His life was ruined by drugs."

    "He struggled to balance his family life, social life and work life.'' ''sex life'', ''political life"

    "Get a life."

    "She's my love, my life.'' ''Running the bakery is her life."

  6. Life as a noun (colloquial):

    A period of time during which something has existence. The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive. The span of time during which an object operates. The period of time during which an object is recognizable. A particular phase or period of existence. A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age). # A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).

    Examples:

    "This light bulb is designed to have a life of 2,000 hours."

    "The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill."

  7. Life as a noun:

    Animation; spirit; vivacity. The most lively component or participant.

  8. Life as a noun:

    A biography.

    Examples:

    "His life of the founder is finished, except for the title."

  9. Life as a noun:

    Nature, reality, and the forms that exist it.

  10. Life as a noun (video games):

    An opportunity for existence. One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.

    Examples:

    "Scoring 1000 points is rewarded with an extra life."

  11. Life as a noun (uncountable, insurance):

    The life insurance industry.

    Examples:

    "I work in life."

  12. Life as a noun (countable):

    A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

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