Animate vs Galvanize - What's the difference?
animate | galvanize |
That which lives.
Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
Dynamic, energetic.
(grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.
(grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
* Knolles
To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.
To coat with rust-resistant zinc
To shock or stimulate into sudden activity
(archaic) To electrify.
* (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
As verbs the difference between animate and galvanize
is that animate is while galvanize is to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.animate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an engaging and animate speaker.
- Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
Synonyms
(synonyms) * (that lives) alive, live, living * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) * (dynamic) active, dynamic, energeticAntonyms
(antonyms) * (living) inanimate * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) fixed, immobile, static, stationary, still * (dynamic) static * (sense) inanimateVerb
(animat)- If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
- The more to animate the people, he stood on high and cried unto them with a loud voice.
Anagrams
* * English heteronyms ----galvanize
English
Alternative forms
* galvanise (mostly UK )Verb
(galvaniz)- The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.