Animation vs. Spirit: What's the Difference?

Animation and Spirit Definitions
Animation
The act, process, or result of imparting life, interest, spirit, motion, or activity.
Spirit
A force or principle believed to animate living beings.
Animation
The quality or condition of being alive, active, spirited, or vigorous.
Spirit
A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.
Animation
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.
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Spirit
Spirit The Holy Spirit.
Animation
Images or special effects created through animation.
Spirit
An angel or demon.
Animation
The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
Spirit
A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon.
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Animation
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
Spirit
A fairy or sprite.
Animation
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
He recited the story with great animation.
Spirit
The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings
Though unable to join us today, they are with us in spirit.
Animation
The condition of being animate or alive.
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Spirit
The essential nature of a person or group.
Animation
(linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
Spirit
A person as characterized by a stated quality
He is a proud spirit.
Animation
Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.
Spirit
An inclination or tendency of a specified kind
Her actions show a generous spirit.
Animation
The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame.
Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.
Spirit
A pervasive or essential attitude, quality, or principle
The spirit of 1776.
Animation
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.
Spirit
An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage
Sang with spirit.
Troops that fought with spirit.
Animation
The condition of living or the state of being alive;
While there's life there's hope
Life depends on many chemical and physical processes
Spirit
Spirits A mood or emotional state
The guests were in high spirits. His sour spirits put a damper on the gathering.
Animation
The property of being able to survive and grow;
The vitality of a seed
Spirit
Strong loyalty or dedication
Team spirit.
Animation
Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
Spirit
The actual though unstated sense or significance of something
The spirit of the law.
Animation
The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
Spirit
Often spirits (used with a sing. verb) An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance.
Animation
The making of animated cartoons
Spirit
Spirits An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor.
Animation
General activity and motion
Spirit
To carry off mysteriously or secretly
The documents had been spirited away.
Spirit
To impart courage, animation, or determination to; inspirit.
Spirit
The soul of a person or other creature.
Spirit
A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
A wandering spirit haunts the island.
Spirit
Enthusiasm.
School spirit is at an all-time high.
Spirit
The manner or style of something.
In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
Spirit
A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
Spirit
Energy; ardour.
Spirit
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
A ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
Spirit
Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
To be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits
Spirit
(obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
Spirit
(obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
Spirit
Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
The spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
Spirit
Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
Spirit
(dyeing) Stannic chloride.
Spirit
To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
Spirit
Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.
Spirit
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
The mild air, with season moderate,Gently attempered, and disposed eo well,That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit.
Spirit
A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it.
Spirit
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.
Spirit
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.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
Spirit
Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ye gentle spirits far away,With whom we shared the cup of grace.
Spirit
Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
Spirit
Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
"Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.
Spirit
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.
Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.
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.
God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down.
A perfect judge will read each work of witWith the same spirit that its author writ.
Spirit
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.
Spirit
Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
All bodies have spirits . . . within them.
Spirit
Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): - often in the plural.
Spirit
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
Spirit
A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Spirit
Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
The four spirits and the bodies seven.
Spirit
Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
Spirit
To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; - sometimes followed by up.
Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion.
Spirit
To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; - often with away, or off.
The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person.
I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity.
Spirit
The vital principle or animating force within living things
Spirit
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
The feel of the city excited him
A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
It had the smell of treason
Spirit
A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
Spirit
Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Spirit
The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection);
His emotional state depended on her opinion
He was in good spirits
His spirit rose
Spirit
The intended meaning of a communication
Spirit
Animation and energy in action or expression;
It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
Spirit
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind;
He had a change of heart
Spirit
Infuse with spirit;
The company spirited him up