Vital vs Fleshly - What's the difference?
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Relating to, or characteristic of life.
Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
* Spenser
Invigorating or life-giving.
Necessary to continued existence.
Relating to the recording of life events.
Very important.
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Containing life; living.
* Milton
* Alexander Pope
Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
* Sir Thomas Browne
corporeal or bodily
* Denham
sensual; carnal; lascivious
* Bible, 1 Peter ii. 11
worldly
* Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 12
(obsolete) animal; not vegetable
(obsolete) Carnally; sexually.
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Vital is a related term of fleshly.
As adjectives the difference between vital and fleshly
is that vital is relating to, or characteristic of life while fleshly is corporeal or bodily.As an adverb fleshly is
(obsolete) carnally; sexually.vital
English
(wikipedia vital)Adjective
(en adjective)- vital''' energies; '''vital''' functions; '''vital actions
- The brain is a vital organ.
- Do the heavens afford him vital food?
- The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
- Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
- It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
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- spirits that live throughout, vital in every part
- The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part.
- Pythagoras and Hippocrates affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital .
Derived terms
* vital force * vital organ * vital signs * vital statisticsExternal links
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English
Adjective
(er)- Fleshly bondage.
- Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
- Fleshly wisdom.
- (Dryden)