What is the difference between animated and mercurial?
animated | mercurial |
Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
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(obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury.
(astrology) Someone born under the influence of Mercury.
(often capitalized, see (Mercurial)) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
(often capitalized, see (Mercurial)) Pertaining to the Roman god Mercury, the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty..
* J. Q. Adams
(astrology) Born under the influence of the planet Mercury, and having such characteristics.
Of, or pertaining to the element mercury; containing mercury; caused by the action of mercury or quicksilver.
Having a volatile or lively character; quick-witted, changeable, animated.
* 1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury , I:
As adjectives the difference between animated and mercurial
is that animated is endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous while mercurial is (often capitalized, see {{term|Mercurial}}) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.As a verb animated
is past tense of animate.As a noun mercurial is
any of the plants known as mercury.animated
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(en adjective)- the mercurial wand of commerce
- From the natural Mercurial Briskness of her Temper, a sedentary Life had ever been her Aversion [...].
