Animation vs. Spirit: What's the Difference?

The act, process, or result of imparting life, interest, spirit, motion, or activity.

A force or principle believed to animate living beings.

The quality or condition of being alive, active, spirited, or vigorous.

A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.

The art or process of making movies with drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of static objects, including all techniques other than the continuous filming of live-action images.

Spirit The Holy Spirit.

Images or special effects created through animation.

An angel or demon.

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon.

The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) so produced

A fairy or sprite.

The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings

The condition of being animate or alive.

The essential nature of a person or group.

(linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

A person as characterized by a stated quality

Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

A pervasive or essential attitude, quality, or principle

The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.

An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage

The condition of living or the state of being alive;

Spirits A mood or emotional state

The property of being able to survive and grow;

Strong loyalty or dedication

Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

The actual though unstated sense or significance of something

The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

Often spirits (used with a sing. verb) An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance.

The making of animated cartoons

Spirits An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor.

General activity and motion

To carry off mysteriously or secretly

To impart courage, animation, or determination to; inspirit.

The soul of a person or other creature.

A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

Enthusiasm.

The manner or style of something.

A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

Energy; ardour.

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.

(obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

(obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.

Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

(dyeing) Stannic chloride.

To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.

Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.

The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.

Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.

Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.

Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; - often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.

Intent; real meaning; - opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.

Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.

Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): - often in the plural.

Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.

A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.

Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.

To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; - sometimes followed by up.

To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; - often with away, or off.

The vital principle or animating force within living things

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection);

The intended meaning of a communication

Animation and energy in action or expression;

An inclination or tendency of a certain kind;

Infuse with spirit;