Spirit vs. Matter

Spiritnoun

The soul of a person or other creature.

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

Enthusiasm.

Spiritnoun

The manner or style of something.

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

Energy; ardour.

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

(dyeing) stannic chloride

Spiritverb

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

Spiritverb

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.

Spiritnoun

The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.

Spiritnoun

Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.

Spiritnoun

Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.

Spiritnoun

Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.

Spiritnoun

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.

Spiritnoun

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; - often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.

Spiritnoun

Intent; real meaning; - opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.

Spiritnoun

Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.

Spiritnoun

Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): - often in the plural.

Spiritnoun

Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.

Spiritnoun

A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.

Spiritverb

To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; - sometimes followed by up.

Spiritverb

To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; - often with away, or off.

Spiritnoun

the vital principle or animating force within living things

Spiritnoun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

Spiritnoun

a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

Spiritnoun

any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

Spiritnoun

the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection);

Spiritnoun

the intended meaning of a communication

Spiritnoun

animation and energy in action or expression;

Spiritnoun

an inclination or tendency of a certain kind;

Spiritverb

infuse with spirit;

Spiritnoun

the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul

Spiritnoun

the non-physical part of a person regarded as their true self and as capable of surviving physical death or separation

Spiritnoun

the non-physical part of a person manifested as an apparition after their death; a ghost

Spiritnoun

a supernatural being

Spiritnoun

short for Holy Spirit

Spiritnoun

the prevailing or typical quality, mood, or attitude of a person, group, or period of time

Spiritnoun

a person identified with their most prominent quality or with their role in a group or movement

Spiritnoun

a person's mood or attitude

Spiritnoun

the quality of courage, energy, and determination

Spiritnoun

the real meaning or the intention behind something as opposed to its strict verbal interpretation

Spiritnoun

strong distilled alcoholic drink such as brandy, whisky, gin, or rum.

Spiritnoun

a volatile liquid, especially a fuel, prepared by distillation

Spiritnoun

a solution of volatile components extracted from something, typically by distillation or by solution in alcohol

Spiritnoun

a highly refined substance or fluid thought to govern vital phenomena.

Spiritverb

convey rapidly and secretly

Matternoun

Substance, material.

Matternoun

(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.

Matternoun

(physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).

Matternoun

A kind of substance.

Matternoun

Written material (especially in books or magazines).

Matternoun

(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

Matternoun

A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

Matternoun

An approximate amount or extent.

Matternoun

(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Matternoun

(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

Matternoun

(dated) Pus.

Matterverb

(intransitive) To be important.

Matterverb

To care about, to mind; to find important.

Matterverb

To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Matternoun

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Matternoun

That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.

Matternoun

That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.

Matternoun

That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.

Matternoun

Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; - chiefly in the phrases what matter? no matter, and the like.

Matternoun

Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.

Matternoun

Amount; quantity; portion; space; - often indefinite.

Matternoun

Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

Matternoun

That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; - opposed to form.

Matternoun

Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.

Matterverb

To be of importance; to import; to signify.

Matterverb

To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Matterverb

To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.

Matternoun

that which has mass and occupies space;

Matternoun

a vaguely specified concern;

Matternoun

some situation or event that is thought about;

Matternoun

a problem;

Matternoun

(used with negation) having consequence;

Matternoun

written works (especially in books or magazines);

Matterverb

have weight; have import, carry weight;

Matternoun

physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy

Matternoun

a particular substance

Matternoun

written or printed material

Matternoun

a subject or situation under consideration

Matternoun

something which is to be tried or proved in court; a case.

Matternoun

the present state of affairs

Matternoun

the reason for distress or a problem

Matternoun

the substance or content of a text as distinct from its style or form.

Matternoun

the body of a printed work, as distinct from titles, headings, etc.

Matternoun

the particular content of a proposition, as distinct from its form.

Matterverb

be important or significant

Matterverb

(of a person) be important or influential

Matterverb

(of a wound) secrete or discharge pus.

Matter

In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, generally includes atoms and anything made up of them, and any particles (or combination of particles) that act as if they have both rest mass and volume.