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Lifeline vs Lifetime - What's the difference?

lifeline | lifetime |

As nouns the difference between lifeline and lifetime

is that lifeline is a line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling to while lifetime is the duration of the life of someone or something.

lifeline

English

(wikipedia lifeline)

Alternative forms

* life-line * life line

Noun

(en noun)
  • A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling to.
  • A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
  • A source of salvation in a crisis.
  • (engineering) System or structure of vital importance to a community.
  • (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas

    • lifetime

    English

    Noun

  • The duration of the life of someone or something.
  • (informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
    • I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

    Synonyms

    * ages, donkey's years (UK slang''), an eternity, years, yonks (''UK slang )

    Derived terms

    * chemical lifetime * a legend in one's own lifetime * all in a lifetime, all in one's lifetime * customer lifetime value * fluorescence lifetime imaging * lifetime achievement award * lifetime average daily dose * lifetime cap * lifetime employment * lifetime exposure * lifetime income tax * lifetime job * lifetime learning credit * lifetime maximum benefit amount * lifetime mobility * lifetime mortgage * lifetime payment cap * lifetime policy * lifetime rate cap * lifetime reserve days * lifetime reverse mortgage * life-timer * lifetime risk * lifetime value * minority carrier lifetime * maximum segment lifetime * mean lifetime * object lifetime * of a lifetime * once-in-a-lifetime