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Alife vs Living - What's the difference?

alife | living |

As nouns the difference between alife and living

is that alife is alternate form of lang=en|A-life while living is the state of being alive.

As an adverb alife

is on one's life; dearly.

As a verb living is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective living is

having life.

alife

English

Etymology 1

Compare (lief) dear.

Adverb

(-)
  • (obsolete) On one's life; dearly.
    • I love that sport alife . — Beaumont and Fletcher.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)

    • References

    (Webster 1913)

    living

    English

    (wikipedia living)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having life.
  • * :
    • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
  • In use or existing.
    • Hunanese is a living language.
  • Of everyday life.
    • These living conditions are deplorable.
  • True to life.
    • This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
    • He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

    Antonyms

    * dead * nonliving

    Derived terms

    * living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living will

    Related terms

    * live, life * alive

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  • Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
    • What do you do for a living ?
  • A style of life.
    • plain living
  • (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.

    • Derived terms

    * make a living

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    * English intensifiers