The difference between Inanimate and Lifeless

When used as adjectives, inanimate means lacking the quality or ability of motion, whereas lifeless means inanimate.

Inanimate is also noun with the meaning: something that is not alive.

Inanimate is also verb with the meaning: to animate.

check bellow for the other definitions of Inanimate and Lifeless

  1. Inanimate as an adjective:

    Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.

  2. Inanimate as an adjective:

    Not being, and never having been alive.

  3. Inanimate as an adjective (grammar):

    Not animate.

  1. Inanimate as a noun:

    Something that is not alive.

  1. Inanimate as a verb (obsolete):

    To animate.

  1. Lifeless as an adjective:

    inanimate; having no life

  2. Lifeless as an adjective:

    dead; having lost life

  3. Lifeless as an adjective:

    uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life

  4. Lifeless as an adjective:

    dull or lacking vitality

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