different between lifelike vs lifeline

English

Etymology

life +? -like

Adjective

lifelike (comparative more lifelike, superlative most lifelike)

1. Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation

Translations

See also

• lifesize

English

Alternative forms

• life-line, life line

Etymology

From life +? line.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?f?l?n' IPA^(key): /?la?f?la?n/

Noun

lifeline (plural lifelines)

1. A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
2. (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
   • 2012, Melissa Rycroft, My Reality, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.

   • 2012, Aaron Dixon, My People Are Rising, Haymarket Books (?ISBN), page 64:

     Slowly I began to fill up some of the emptiness inside—writing had become my lifeline.

3. A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
   • 2012, Daniel F. Harrington, Berlin on the Brink, University Press of Kentucky (?ISBN), page 9:

     Planners did not see the access routes as west Berlin's sole lifeline, which now seems instinctive to us.

4. (engineering) System or structure of vital importance to a community.
5. (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.

   Synonym: jackstay

6. (underwater diving) A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.

   Synonym: tether

7. (palmistry) A particular crease in the palm.

   Synonym: line of life

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (raifurain)

Translations

Further reading

• lifeline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia