Motionless vs Inactive - What's the difference?
motionless | inactive | Related terms |
At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
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Not functioning or operating; broken down
Retired from duty or service
(chemistry) Relatively inert
(physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light
Motionless is a related term of inactive.
As adjectives the difference between motionless and inactive
is that motionless is at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving while inactive is inactivated.As a verb inactive is
.motionless
English
Adjective
(-)Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}
Anagrams
* (l)inactive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The volcano is inactive , but is only dormant.
- The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
- Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
- Aluminium is inactive towards water.
- Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.