different between assiduous vs animated

English

Etymology

From Latin assiduus from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”).

Cognate (via assidere) to assess.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??s?dju??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s?d?u??s/

Adjective

assiduous (comparative more assiduous, superlative most assiduous)

1. Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

   Synonyms: meticulous, diligent, sedulous; see also Thesaurus:industrious

   • 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:

     A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.

   • 2009, Will Pavia, "Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:

     Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.

Usage notes

• Since the 18th century, this term has sometimes carried a connotation of servility.

Derived terms

• assiduously
• assiduousness

Related terms

Translations

References

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.?.me?.t?d/
• Hyphenation: an?i?mated

Adjective

animated (comparative more animated, superlative most animated)

1. Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
2. Endowed with life.
   • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection

     Throughout animated Nature, of each characteristic Organ and Faculty there exists a preassurance, an instinctive and practical anticipation; and no preassurance common to a whole species does in any instance prove delusive.

3. Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move thought the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.

Synonyms

• (full of life or spirit): brisk, dynamic, peppy; see also Thesaurus:active
• (endowed with life): animate, living; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (composed of objects/drawings that appear to move): claymated

Translations

Verb

animated

1. simple past tense and past participle of animate

Anagrams

• Mandaite, aminated, diamante, diamanté