The difference between Life and Time
When used as nouns, life means the state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects, whereas time means a dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions.
Time is also verb with the meaning: to measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Life and Time
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Life as a noun:
Animation; spirit; vivacity. The most lively component or participant.
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Life as a noun:
A biography.
Examples:
"His life of the founder is finished, except for the title."
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Life as a noun:
Nature, reality, and the forms that exist it.
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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."
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Life as a noun (uncountable, insurance):
The life insurance industry.
Examples:
"I work in life."
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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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Time as a noun (uncountable):
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past. A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension. Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy. The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
Examples:
"'Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time'"
"Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time."
"'Time slows down when you approach the speed of light."
"An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change."
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Time as a noun (uncountable):
A duration of time. A quantity of availability of duration. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression. The serving of a prison sentence. An experience. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs. A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day. Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
Examples:
"More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finished yet? Time’s up!"
"a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other competitors. The algorithm runs in O(n<sup>2</sup>) time."
"The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time."
"We had a wonderful time at the party."
"Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs"
"In my time, we respected our elders."
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Time as a noun (uncountable):
An instant of time. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive). A numerical indication of a particular moment. An instance or occurrence. Closing time. The hour of childbirth. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
Examples:
"Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery."
"it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going"
"at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones"
"When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember."
"see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake"
"Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!"
"Last call: it's almost time."
"It was his time."
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Time as a noun (countable):
The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
Examples:
"Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time."
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Time as a noun (countable):
Ratio of comparison.
Examples:
"your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this"
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Time as a noun (grammar, dated):
Tense.
Examples:
"the time of a verb"
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Time as a noun (music):
The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
Examples:
"common or triple time; the musician keeps good time."
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Time as a verb:
To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
Examples:
"I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block."
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Time as a verb:
To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
Examples:
"The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl."
"The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m."
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Time as a verb (obsolete):
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
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Time as a verb (obsolete):
To pass time; to delay.
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Time as a verb:
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
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Time as a verb:
To measure, as in music or harmony.