different between lively vs fluid
lively
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la?vli/
Etymology 1
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl?? (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life +? -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely.
Alternative forms
- lifely (obsolete)
Adjective
lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)
- Full of life; energetic.
- Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
- 1688, Robert South, Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
- His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- I spied the lively picture of my father.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
- (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.
Synonyms
- (full of life): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
- (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense
- (endowed with or manifesting life): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic,
- (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent
Derived terms
- liveliness
- look lively
Translations
Noun
lively (plural livelies)
- (nautical, informal) Term of address.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
- Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
Etymology 2
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl??e, equivalent to life +? -ly.
Adverb
lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)
- Vigorously.
- Vibrantly, vividly.
- (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
- the Painter Protogenes […] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, […] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture […].
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
Translations
Anagrams
- evilly, vilely
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fluid
English
Etymology
From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin flu? (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”). Not related to English flow, which is a native, inherited word from *plew-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flu??d/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?flju??d/
- Rhymes: -u??d
Noun
fluid (countable and uncountable, plural fluids)
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
- 1992, Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press, Christopher W. Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, Gulf Professional Publishing (?ISBN), page 854:
- fluid inclusion Petrology, a tiny fluid- or gas-filled cavity in an igneous rock. 1-100 micrometers in diameter, formed by the entrapment of a fluid, typically that from which the rock crystallized.
- 2006, Jörg Fitter, Thomas Gutberlet, Neutron Scattering in Biology: Techniques and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 236:
- For studying interfaces between solid and another solid, fluid, or gas, a sample can be oriented with its reflecting surface(s) vertical (and with the scattering plane, as defined by nominal incident and reflected wavevectors, horizontal).
- 2011, Andrew T Raftery, Michael S. Delbridge, Marcus J. D. Wagstaff, Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery, International Edition E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN), page 11:
- Tenderness: is the lump tender?
- Composition: is the mass solid, fluid or gas?
- 2012, Will Pettijohn P.E.C., Oil & Gas Handbook: A Roughneck's guide to the Universe, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 23:
- The choke manifold then expels the fluid or gas to the gas buster or a panic line. The panic line will then either send the fluid or gas to the reserve pit or a flare stack or flare tank.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fluid.
- 1992, Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press, Christopher W. Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, Gulf Professional Publishing (?ISBN), page 854:
- (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
Derived terms
- amber fluid
- brake fluid
- fluid mechanics
- superfluid
Translations
Adjective
fluid (comparative more fluid, superlative most fluid)
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
- (rare) Genderfluid.
- 2017, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (?ISBN), page 274 (the genderfluid character Alex Fierro is speaking):
- “Oh, Loki made sure of that. My mortal parents blamed him for the way I was, for being fluid.”
- 2017, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (?ISBN), page 274 (the genderfluid character Alex Fierro is speaking):
Synonyms
- (of or relating to fluid): fluidical, liquid; see also Thesaurus:fluidic
- (subject to change): unstable, variable; see also Thesaurus:changeable
- (moving smoothly): fluent, fluxive; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
Translations
Related terms
- fluctuate
- fluctuation
- fluency
- fluent
- flux
- fluidal
- fluidic
- fluidics
- fluidify
- fluidise
- fluidize
- fluidity
- fluidous
- semifluid
References
Further reading
- fluid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fluid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fluid at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Adjective
fluid (feminine fluida, masculine plural fluids, feminine plural fluides)
- fluid
Derived terms
- fluïdesa
Noun
fluid m (plural fluids)
- fluid
Further reading
- “fluid” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fluid” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “fluid” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fluid” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Adjective
fluid (not comparable)
- fluid
Declension
Synonyms
- flüssig
Further reading
- “fluid” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
fluid n (definite singular fluidet, indefinite plural fluid or fluider, definite plural fluida or fluidene)
- a fluid
Synonyms
- væske
Derived terms
- fluidmekanikk
References
- “fluid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fluid n (definite singular fluidet, indefinite plural fluid, definite plural fluida)
- a fluid
Synonyms
- væske
Derived terms
- fluidmekanikk
References
- “fluid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French fluide, from Latin fluidus.
Adjective
fluid m or n (feminine singular fluid?, masculine plural fluizi, feminine and neuter plural fluide)
- fluid
Declension
Related terms
- fluiditate
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flûi?d/
- Hyphenation: flu?id
Noun
fl??d m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- fluid
Declension
Spanish
Verb
fluid
- (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of fluir.
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