Alive vs Vibrant - What's the difference?
alive | vibrant |
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.
Pulsing with energy or activity
Lively and vigorous
Vibrating, resonant or resounding
* {{quote-journal
, year=1770
, title=The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.
, journal=Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin
, page=111
, publisher=T. Bensley, for J. White
, author=Anthony Champion
, passage=Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;}}
* {{quote-book
, title=The Singing of the Future
, author=David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies
, publisher=J. Lane
, year=1905
, page=258
, passage=A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable}}
(of a colour) bright
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 vibrant is
trill.alive
English
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
*vibrant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He has a vibrant personality.
