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Crude vs Vital - What's the difference?

crude | vital |

As adjectives the difference between crude and vital

is that crude is being in a natural state while vital is relating to, or characteristic of life.

As a noun crude

is any substance in its natural state.

crude

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Being in a natural state.
    • crude oil
  • Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
    • a crude shelter
  • Lacking concealing elements.
    • a crude truth
  • Lacking tact or taste.
    • a crude remark
  • (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
    • crude data
  • (archaic) Immature or unripe.
  • (lb) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word

    • Synonyms

    * (being in a natural state) raw, unrefined, unprocessed * (characterized by simplicity) primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary * (lacking concealing elements) obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised * (lacking tact or taste) blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar * raw * See'' immature''' ''or'' ' unripe * See also

    Antonyms

    * (being in a natural state) refined, processed

    Derived terms

    * crudeness * crude oil * crude material * crude form/crudeform

    Related terms

    * cruel * cruelty

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance in its natural state.
  • Crude oil.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}

    Derived terms

    * syncrude

    Anagrams

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    vital

    English

    (wikipedia vital)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to, or characteristic of life.
    • vital''' energies; '''vital''' functions; '''vital actions
  • Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
    • The brain is a vital organ.
  • * Spenser
    • Do the heavens afford him vital food?
  • Invigorating or life-giving.
  • Necessary to continued existence.
    • The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
  • Relating to the recording of life events.
    • Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
  • Very important.
    • It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.}}
  • Containing life; living.
  • * Milton
    • spirits that live throughout, vital in every part
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part.
  • Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Pythagoras and Hippocrates affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital .

    Derived terms

    * vital force * vital organ * vital signs * vital statistics

    Related terms

    * devive * revive * survive * viable * vitality * vivid

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