Asset vs Active - What's the difference?
asset | active |
Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.
(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
(espionage) intelligence asset
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
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Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
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In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
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# Being an active volcano.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
Requiring or implying action or exertion;—opposed to sedentary or to tranquil.
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Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical.
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Brisk; lively.
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Implying or producing rapid action.
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About verbs.
#Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
#Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
#Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
(lb) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
As nouns the difference between asset and active
is that asset is something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered while active is a person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.As a proper noun ASSET
is initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians|lang=en.As an adjective active is
having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.asset
English
(wikipedia asset)Noun
(en noun)- These shares are a valuable asset .