Spirited vs Spriteful - What's the difference?
spirited | spriteful |
(spirit)
Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
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(obsolete) spirited, vivacious, lively
As adjectives the difference between spirited and spriteful
is that spirited is lively, vigorous, animated or courageous while spriteful is (obsolete) spirited, vivacious, lively.As a verb spirited
is (spirit).spirited
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* free-spirited * low-spirited * high-spirited * mean-spiritedAdjective
(en adjective)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
citation, page= , passage=But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.}}
Anagrams
*spriteful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Spoke like a spriteful noble gentleman. — Shakespeare.