different between living vs breathing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?v??/
• Rhymes: -?v??

Verb

living

1. present participle of live

Adjective

living (not comparable)

1. Having life; alive.

   a living, breathing child

   Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
2. In use or existing.

3. Of everyday life.

4. True to life.

5. Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
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7. Used as an intensifier.

Synonyms

• (having life): extant, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (existing): extant; See also Thesaurus:existent
• (representing life): lifey, lifelike, limned, lively, naturalistic
• (intensifier): blasted, doggone, stinking; see also Thesaurus:damned

Antonyms

• dead
• nonliving

Hyponyms

• long-living
• longest-living

Related terms

Related terms

• live, life
• alive

Translations

Noun

living (countable and uncountable, plural livings)

1. (uncountable) The state of being alive.
2. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

   What do you do for a living?

3. A style of life.

   plain living

4. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.

Derived terms

• it takes a heap of living to make a house a home
• make a living

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French living or less plausibly an independent truncated borrowing from English living room.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.v??/
• Hyphenation: li?ving

Noun

living m (plural livings)

1. (Belgium) A living room.

   Synonyms: huiskamer, woonkamer

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.vi?/

Noun

living m (plural livings)

1. living room

Italian

Etymology

From English living room.

Noun

living m (plural living)

1. living room

   Synonym: soggiorno

Spanish

Etymology

From English [[living room#English|living (room)]].

Noun

living m (plural livings)

1. (Argentina) living room

   Synonym: sala de estar

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?ð??/

Verb

breathing

1. present participle of breathe

Noun

breathing (countable and uncountable, plural breathings)

1. The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
2. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
3. (archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church?

     CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.

     LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind.

     DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us.

4. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.

   the breathings of the Holy Spirit

5. Aspiration; secret prayer.
   • May 24, 1683, John Tillotson, sermon preached at the funeral of Reverend Benjamin Whichcot

     earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state

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