The difference between Animation and Spirit

When used as nouns, animation means the act of animating, or giving life or spirit, whereas spirit means the soul of a person or other creature.

Spirit is also verb with the meaning: to carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

check bellow for the other definitions of Animation and Spirit

  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. Spirit as a noun:

    The soul of a person or other creature.

  2. Spirit as a noun:

    A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

    Examples:

    "A wandering spirit haunts the island."

  3. Spirit as a noun:

    Enthusiasm.

    Examples:

    "School spirit is at an all-time high."

  4. Spirit as a noun:

    The manner or style of something.

    Examples:

    "In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges."

  5. Spirit as a noun (usually, in the plural):

    A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

  6. Spirit as a noun:

    Energy; ardour.

  7. Spirit as a noun:

    One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.

    Examples:

    "a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit"

  8. Spirit as a noun:

    Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.

    Examples:

    "to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits"

  9. Spirit as a noun (obsolete):

    Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

  10. Spirit as a noun (obsolete):

    A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.

  11. Spirit as a noun:

    Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

    Examples:

    "the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document"

  12. Spirit as a noun (alchemy, obsolete):

    Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

  13. Spirit as a noun (dyeing):

    stannic chloride

  1. Spirit as a verb:

    To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

  2. Spirit as a verb:

    To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.

    Examples:

    "Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men."

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