Alive vs Afterlife - What's the difference?
alive | afterlife |
Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent
Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
Sprightly; lively; brisk.
Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
As intensifier, of all living.
Life after death.
As an adjective alive
is having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.As a noun afterlife is
life after death.As a proper noun afterlife is
the place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.alive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- to keep the fire alive'; to keep the affections ' alive .
- The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. -- .
- Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. -- .
- Northumberland was the proudest man alive . --.
Usage notes
* As intensifier, used colloquially "man alive!", "sakes alive!". * Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.Antonyms
* deadDerived terms
* alive and kicking * aliveness * Christ alive * dead or alive * eat someone alive * keep hope alive * man alive * snakes aliveAnagrams
*afterlife
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(wikipedia afterlife)Noun
(afterlives)- Why do religionists believe in an afterlife ?