Stirring vs Vivifying - What's the difference?
stirring | vivifying | Related terms |
invigorating or inspiring
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* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
*:The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.
(gerund of stir) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 16, Carter Dougherty, European Central Bank Cuts Key Rate, New York Times
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Stirring is a related term of vivifying.
As verbs the difference between stirring and vivifying
is that stirring is while vivifying is .As an adjective stirring
is invigorating or inspiring.As a noun stirring
is (gerund of stir) an occasion on which something stirs or is stirred.stirring
English
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(head)- As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.
citation, page= , passage=But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.}}
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