different between alive vs breathing

English

Etymology

From Middle English alive, alyve, alife, from Old English on l?fe (“in life”), equivalent to a- +? live.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??la?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Adjective

alive (comparative more alive, superlative most alive)

1. Having life; living; not dead
2. In a state of action; in force or operation; existent

3. Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
4. Sprightly; lively; brisk.
5. susceptible; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy
6. (as an intensifier) out of all living creatures.
7. (programming) Synonym of live

Usage notes

• Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies, for example "The bee is alive". Before a noun, the adjectives living or live may be used with a similar meaning

Synonyms

• (having life): alive and kicking, extant, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (in a state of action): existing, extant; See also Thesaurus:existent
• (sprightly, lively, brisk): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
• (out of all living creatures): ever, in the world

Antonyms

• dead

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References

alive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Leiva, alvei, avile

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?ð??/

Verb

breathing

1. present participle of breathe

Noun

breathing (countable and uncountable, plural breathings)

1. The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
2. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
3. (archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church?

     CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.

     LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind.

     DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us.

4. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.

   the breathings of the Holy Spirit

5. Aspiration; secret prayer.
   • May 24, 1683, John Tillotson, sermon preached at the funeral of Reverend Benjamin Whichcot

     earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state

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