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Vital vs Leading - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between vital and leading

is that vital is relating to, or characteristic of life while leading is providing guidance or direction.

As a verb leading is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun leading is

an act by which one is led or guided.

vital

English

(wikipedia vital)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to, or characteristic of life.
    • vital''' energies; '''vital''' functions; '''vital actions
  • Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
    • The brain is a vital organ.
  • * Spenser
    • Do the heavens afford him vital food?
  • Invigorating or life-giving.
  • Necessary to continued existence.
    • The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
  • Relating to the recording of life events.
    • Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
  • Very important.
    • It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.}}
  • Containing life; living.
  • * Milton
    • spirits that live throughout, vital in every part
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part.
  • Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Pythagoras and Hippocrates affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital .

    Derived terms

    * vital force * vital organ * vital signs * vital statistics

    Related terms

    * devive * revive * survive * viable * vitality * vivid

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    leading

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Providing guidance or direction.
    • Avoiding leading questions if you really want the truth.
  • Ranking first.
    • He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
  • Occurring in advance; preceding.
    • The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.
    Coordinate terms
    * (occurring in advance) concurrent, lagging
    Derived terms
    * leading indicator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act by which one is led or guided
  • * {{quote-book, year=1792, author=William Carey, title=An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1855, author=Walt Whitman, title=Leaves of Grass, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Edward Dowden, title=Robert Browning, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In his poetic method each writer followed the leadings of his own genius, without reference to common rules and standards; the individualism of the Revolutionary epoch asserted itself to the full. }}

    Etymology 2

    From lead (chemical element).

    Noun

    (wikipedia leading) (-)
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing

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