Ennoble vs Animate - What's the difference?

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Ennoble is a related term of animate.

As verbs the difference between ennoble and animate

is that ennoble is to bestow with nobility, honour or grace while animate is .

ennoble

English

Verb

(en-verb)

To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.

To ennoble textile fabrics, the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing, which together are known as 'ennobling fabrics'.

Derived terms

* ennobler * ennoblement * ennobled * ennobling

animate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

That which lives.

Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

Dynamic, energetic.

She is an engaging and animate speaker.

(grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.

Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.

(grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

Synonyms

(synonyms) * (that lives) alive, live, living * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) * (dynamic) active, dynamic, energetic

Antonyms

(antonyms) * (living) inanimate * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) fixed, immobile, static, stationary, still * (dynamic) static * (sense) inanimate

Verb

(animat)

To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.

To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

* Knolles

The more to animate the people, he stood on high and cried unto them with a loud voice.

Anagrams

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