different between animation vs hilarity

English

Etymology

From Latin animatio, from animare, equivalent to animate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.??me?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

animation (countable and uncountable, plural animations)

1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
   • 1647, Joseph Hall, Christ Mysticall; or the blessed union of Christ and his Members, as edited and reprinted in Josiah Pratt (editor), The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume 8, C. Wittingham (1808), page 217:

     […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.

2. (animation, in the sense of a cartoon) 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
3. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

   He recited the story with great animation.

4. The condition of being animate or alive.

   • Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.

5. (linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
6. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

Synonyms

• (the act of breathing life into something): vitalization, vivification, enlivenment
• (the state of being lively): airiness, ardor, buoyancy, earnestness, energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, promptitude, spirit, sprightliness, vivacity
• (the condition of being alive): life

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (anim?shon)

Translations

Anagrams

• amination

French

Etymology

From Latin animatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.ma.sj??/

Noun

animation f (plural animations)

1. animation

Further reading

• “animation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

animation c

1. animation

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin hilaritas, "cheerfulness", from adjective hilaris, "cheerful", ultimately from Greek, + noun of state suffix -tas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??læ??.ti/

Noun

hilarity (countable and uncountable, plural hilarities)

1. (uncountable) A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter.
2. (countable) Something that induces laughter.
   • 1999, Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin and Peter M. Nichols, The New York times guide to the best 1000 movies ever made,

     Think it not curious if we don't seem to be as sidesplittingly impressed with the hilarities in this picture as its promotion might lead you to expect. Hilarity is in it—hilarity at its best—as would be almost mandatory in any film with Miss Holliday.

   • 2005, Library journal, Volume 130, Issues 8-13, Page 122,

     Many other Latin imports have become staples of our diet, like the burrito, which in Spanish means "little donkey." What other food-related hilarities are we missing out on?

Synonyms

• cheerfulness
• buoyancy
• delight
• gaiety
• glee
• jauntiness
• merriment
• mirth

Related terms

• hilarious

Translations