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Vivid vs Vivian - What's the difference?

vivid | vivian |

As a noun vivid

is (new zealand) a felt-tipped permanent marker.

As an adjective vivid

is (of perception) clear, detailed or powerful.

As a verb vivian is

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vivid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
  • (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
  • Full of life, strikingly alive.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=32 citation , passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}

    Derived terms

    * vividness * vividly

    Related terms

    * devive * revive * survive * viable * vital

    External links

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    vivian

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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    • Quotations

    * 1827 , Vivian Grey , E. L. Carey and A. Hart (1837), page 117: *: "Mr. Grey," asked her ladyship, "are you of Dorsetshire?" "My mother is a Dorsetshire woman; her family name is Vivian', which name I also bear - Sir Hargrave ' Vivian , of Chester Grange." * 1942 , ''Headhunting in the Solomon Islands, Macmillan, page 13: *: Of the you're-going-to-get-it-anyway faction was a young Australian on board by the name, so help me, of Vivian' Nankervis. - - - And he was beautiful, even with a name like ' Vivian ; moreover, he had never been ill a day in his life. * 1990 , Chicago Loop , Hamish Hamilton Ltd, ISBN 0241129494, page70: *: 'What's your name?' 'Vivian .' 'Isn't that one of the names that mean something?' She said, 'It means my mother used to go to the movies.'

    Related terms

    * Viv * Viviana * Viviane * Vivien * Vivienne * Vyvyan