Animate vs. Inanimate

Animateadjective

That which lives.

Animateadjective

Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

Animateadjective

Dynamic, energetic.

Animateadjective

Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.

Animateadjective

(grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

Animateverb

(transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

Animateverb

(transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

Animateverb

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

Animateverb

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.

Animateverb

To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

Animateadjective

Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.

Animateverb

heighten or intensify;

Animateverb

give life-like qualities to;

Animateverb

make lively;

Animateverb

give new life or energy to;

Animateadjective

belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings;

Animateadjective

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;

Animateadjective

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness;

Inanimateadjective

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

Inanimateadjective

Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.

Inanimateadjective

(grammar) Not animate.

Inanimatenoun

(rare) Something that is not alive.

Inanimateverb

(obsolete) To animate.

Inanimateverb

To animate.

Inanimateadjective

Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.

Inanimateadjective

belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things;

Inanimateadjective

not endowed with life;

Inanimateadjective

appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;