Animal vs. Plant

Animalnoun

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

Animalnoun

In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

Animalnoun

In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).

Animalnoun

(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

Animalnoun

(informal) A person of a particular type.

Animalnoun

, thing.

Animaladjective

Of or relating to animals.

Animaladjective

Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

Animaladjective

Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.

Animaladjective

Excellent

Animalnoun

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

Animalnoun

One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

Animaladjective

Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

Animaladjective

Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Animaladjective

Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

Animalnoun

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Animaladjective

of the appetites and passions of the body;

Animaladjective

of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals;

Animalnoun

a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli

Animalnoun

an animal as opposed to a human being

Animalnoun

a mammal, as opposed to a bird, reptile, fish, or insect

Animalnoun

a person without human attributes or civilizing influences, especially someone who is very cruel, violent, or repulsive

Animalnoun

a particular type of person or thing

Animaladjective

relating to or characteristic of animals

Animaladjective

of animals as distinct from plants

Animaladjective

characteristic of the physical and instinctive needs of animals; of the flesh rather than the spirit or intellect

Animaladjective

relating to or denoting the pole or extremity of an embryo that contains the more active cytoplasm in the early stages of development.

Animal

Animals (also called Metazoa) are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.

Plantnoun

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

Plantnoun

(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.

Plantnoun

(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.

Plantnoun

Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.

Plantnoun

A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.

Plantnoun

An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.

Plantnoun

Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).

Plantnoun

A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.

Plantnoun

(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.

Plantnoun

(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.

Plantnoun

(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

Plantnoun

(obsolete) The sole of the foot.

Plantnoun

A plan; a swindle; a trick.

Plantnoun

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

Plantnoun

A young oyster suitable for transplanting.

Plantverb

(transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

Plantverb

(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

Plantverb

(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.

Plantverb

To place in the ground.

Plantverb

To furnish or supply with plants.

Plantverb

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

Plantverb

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.

Plantverb

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.

Plantverb

To set up; to install; to instate.

Plantnoun

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.

Plantnoun

A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

Plantnoun

The sole of the foot.

Plantnoun

The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.

Plantnoun

A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.

Plantnoun

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

Plantverb

To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.

Plantverb

To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.

Plantverb

To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.

Plantverb

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

Plantverb

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.

Plantverb

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.

Plantverb

To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.

Plantverb

To set up; to install; to instate.

Plantverb

To perform the act of planting.

Plantnoun

buildings for carrying on industrial labor;

Plantnoun

a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Plantnoun

something planted secretly for discovery by another;

Plantnoun

an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

Plantverb

put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

Plantverb

fix or set securely or deeply;

Plantverb

set up or lay the groundwork for;

Plantverb

place into a river;

Plantverb

place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive;

Plantverb

put firmly in the mind;

Plantnoun

a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Plantnoun

a small plant, as distinct from a shrub or tree

Plantnoun

a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place

Plantnoun

machinery used in an industrial or manufacturing process

Plantnoun

a person placed in a group as a spy or informer

Plantnoun

a thing put among someone's belongings to incriminate or compromise them.

Plantnoun

a shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted.

Plantverb

put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow

Plantverb

cover or supply (an area of land) with plants

Plantverb

place a plant in the ground out of doors so it can grow, especially after growing it from seed in an indoor environment

Plantverb

bury (someone)

Plantverb

set or place in a particular position

Plantverb

establish (an idea) in someone's mind

Plantverb

secretly place (a bomb that is set to go off at a later time)

Plantverb

put or hide (something) among someone's belongings to compromise or incriminate the owner

Plantverb

send (someone) to join a group or organization to act as a spy or informer

Plantverb

found or establish (a colony, city, or community)

Plantverb

deposit (young fish, spawn, oysters, etc.) in a river or lake.

Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular organisms, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, plants were treated as one of two kingdoms including all living things that were not animals, and all algae and fungi were treated as plants.