Mobilize vs Animate - What's the difference?
mobilize | animate |
To make something mobile.
To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
To become made ready for war.
That which lives.
Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
Dynamic, energetic.
(grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.
(grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
* Knolles
In transitive terms the difference between mobilize and animate
is that mobilize is to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war while animate is to give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.As an adjective animate is
that which lives.mobilize
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Alternative forms
* (Commonwealth) mobiliseVerb
(mobiliz)animate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an engaging and animate speaker.
- Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
Synonyms
(synonyms) * (that lives) alive, live, living * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) * (dynamic) active, dynamic, energeticAntonyms
(antonyms) * (living) inanimate * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) fixed, immobile, static, stationary, still * (dynamic) static * (sense) inanimateVerb
(animat)- If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
- The more to animate the people, he stood on high and cried unto them with a loud voice.
