Active vs Vigorous - What's the difference?
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As adjectives the difference between active and vigorous is that active is having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; — opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind while vigorous is physically strong and active. As a noun active is a person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
active English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
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Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
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In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
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# Being an active volcano.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.
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Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.
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Brisk; lively.
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Implying or producing rapid action.
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About verbs.
#Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
#Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
#Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
(lb) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
Synonyms
* (1): acting
* (2): agile, nimble
* (3): in action, in force, working
* (4): busy, deedful, diligent, energetic
* (6): operative, practical
* (7): brisk, lively
* (9.2): transitive
* (10): top
* See also
Antonyms
* (1): passive
* (2): indolent, lethargic
* (3): dormant, extinct, quiescent
* (4): dull, indolent, inert, sluggish
* (5): sedentary, tranquil
* (6): speculative, theoretical
* (7): slow
* (9.1): passive
* (10): passive, bottom
Derived terms
* cloud-active
Related terms
* act
See also
* versatile (in relation to sense 10 )
Noun
( en noun)
A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
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vigorous English
Alternative forms
* vigourous
Adjective
( en adjective)
Physically strong and active.
Rapid of growth
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