different between alive vs physical
alive
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)
- Having life; living; not dead
- In a state of action; in force or operation; existent
- Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
- Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- susceptible; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy
- (as an intensifier) out of all living creatures.
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
References
alive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Leiva, alvei, avile
alive From the web:
- what alice forgot
- what alive means
- what aleve good for
- what alice forgot summary
physical
English
Alternative forms
- physickal (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin physic?lis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phusik?), feminine singular of ??????? (phusikós).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?f?z?k?l/
Adjective
physical (comparative more physical, superlative most physical)
- Of medicine.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the field of medicine; medical. [15th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) That practises medicine; pertaining to doctors, physicianly. [18th c.]
- 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary, Oxford 2009, p. 19:
- Her father was thrown from his horse, when his blood was in a very inflammatory state, and the bruises were very dangerous; his recovery was not expected by the physical tribe.
- 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary, Oxford 2009, p. 19:
- (obsolete) Medicinal; good for the health, curative, therapeutic. [16th–19th c.]
- 1579, Thomas North, translating Pliny, Parallel Lives:
- Phisicall [transl. ??????????? (pharmak?deis)] herbes, as Helleborum, Lingewort, or Beares foote.
- 1579, Thomas North, translating Pliny, Parallel Lives:
- Of matter or nature.
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]
- Labour, then, in the physical world, is […] employed in putting objects in motion.
- In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics. [from 16th c.]
- Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political). [from 18th c.]
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]
- Of the human body.
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.]
- Sexual, carnal. [from 18th c.]
- Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. [from 20th c.]
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.]
Antonyms
- mental, psychological; having to do with the mind viewed as distinct from body.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
physical (plural physicals)
- Physical examination.
- Synonyms: checkup, check-up
- (parapsychology) A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.
Translations
physical From the web:
- what physical therapist do
- what physical quantities are conserved in this collision
- what physical features are attractive on a man
- what does the physical therapist do
- why go to a physical therapist
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