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Lifelike vs Linelike - What's the difference?

lifelike | linelike |

As adjectives the difference between lifelike and linelike

is that lifelike is like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait while linelike is resembling a line or some aspect of one.

lifelike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}

    linelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a line or some aspect of one.