Leaden vs Lifeless - What's the difference?
leaden | lifeless | Related terms |
(dated) Made of lead.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
* Ode to a Nightingale , John Keats
Dull; darkened with overcast.
* 1999: Stardust , Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
inanimate; having no life
dead; having lost life
uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
dull or lacking vitality
departed
Leaden is a related term of lifeless.
As adjectives the difference between leaden and lifeless
is that leaden is (dated) made of lead while lifeless is inanimate; having no life.leaden
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow."
- the sky was leaden and thick
- "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."