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Civil vs Livelihood - What's the difference?

civil | livelihood |

As an adjective civil

is (uncomparable) having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

As a noun livelihood is

(obsolete) the course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.

civil

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
    • She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people .
  • (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
    • It was very civil of him to stop the argument

    Antonyms

    (ant-top) * (l) (ant-mid) * (l) (ant-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    livelihood

    English

    Alternative forms

    * livelod * lyuelode * lyvelod

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
  • *:
  • *:wel said Merlyn I knowe a lord of yours in this land that is a passyng true man & a feithful / & he shal haue the nourysshyng of your child / & his name is sir Ector / & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & walys
  • A person's means of supporting himself.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.4:
  • *:But now, when Philtra saw my lands decay / And former livelod fayle, she left me quight.
  • *Addison
  • *:the opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood
  • *South
  • *:It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.
  • *2013 , Matthew Claughton, The Guardian , (letter), 25 April:
  • *:The legal profession believes that client choice is the best way of ensuring standards remain high, because a lawyer's livelihood depends upon their reputation.
  • *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts V:
  • *:Then sayde Peter: Ananias how is it that satan hath fillen thyne hert, thatt thou shuldest lye unto the holy goost, and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off thy lyvelod ?
  • (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
  • :(Shakespeare)

    • Synonyms

    * living * subsistence