different between ebullience vs vitality

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?bullientem + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the state or condition of’). ?bullientem is the accusative feminine or masculine singular of ?bulli?ns (“boiling”), the present participle of ?bulli? (“to boil”) (from ?- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + bulli? (“to bubble; to boil”) (from bulla (“bubble; bubble-shaped object”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to blow; to inflate”))) + -?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?l.i.?ns/, /-?b?l-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b?l.j?ns/, /-?b?l-/
• Hyphenation: ebul?li?ence

Noun

ebullience (usually uncountable, plural ebulliences)

1. A boiling or bubbling up; an ebullition.
2. (figuratively) The quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts.

   Synonym: exuberance

Derived terms

• ebulliency

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References

English

Etymology

vital +? -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??tæl?ti/, /va??tæl?ti/

Noun

vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)

1. The capacity to live and develop.
2. Energy or vigour.
3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Related terms

• devive
• revive
• survive
• viable
• vim and vigor
• vital
• vivid
• vitalism

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Further reading

• vitality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vitality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.