Animates vs Animism - What's the difference?
animates | animism |
(animate)
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
A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
(dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.
As a verb animates
is .As a noun animism is
a belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.animates
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*animate
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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.