Animation vs. Spirit

Animation vs. Spirit — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Animation and Spirit

Animationnoun

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

Spiritnoun

The soul of a person or other creature.

Animationnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

A wandering spirit haunts the island.

Animationnoun

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

He recited the story with great animation.

Spiritnoun

Enthusiasm.

School spirit is at an all-time high.
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Animationnoun

The condition of being animate or alive.

Spiritnoun

The manner or style of something.

In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.

Animationnoun

(linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

Spiritnoun

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

Animationnoun

the condition of living or the state of being alive;

while there's life there's hopelife depends on many chemical and physical processes

Spiritnoun

Energy; ardour.

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Animationnoun

the property of being able to survive and grow;

the vitality of a seed

Spiritnoun

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

a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit

Animationnoun

quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

Spiritnoun

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.

to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits

Animationnoun

the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

Spiritnoun

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

Animationnoun

the making of animated cartoons

Spiritnoun

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

Animationnoun

general activity and motion

Spiritnoun

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

the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

(dyeing) stannic chloride

Spiritverb

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

Spiritverb

To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.

Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.

Spiritnoun

the vital principle or animating force within living things

Spiritnoun

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

the feel of the city excited hima clergyman improved the tone of the meetingit had the smell of treason

Spiritnoun

a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

Spiritnoun

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

Spiritnoun

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

his emotional state depended on her opinionhe was in good spiritshis spirit rose

Spiritnoun

the intended meaning of a communication

Spiritnoun

animation and energy in action or expression;

it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it

Spiritnoun

an inclination or tendency of a certain kind;

he had a change of heart

Spiritverb

infuse with spirit;

The company spirited him up