different between snappy vs animated

English

Etymology

snap +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?snæpi/
• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

snappy (comparative snappier, superlative snappiest)

1. (informal) Rapid and without delay.

   (=hurry up)

2. (informal) Irritable.

3. (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.

4. Chilly, brisk, sharp.
5. Tending to snap or bite

6. Clever, catchy.

Synonyms

• (rapid and without delay): fast, immediate, quick
• (irritable): irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy
• (chilly): parky, nippy

Derived terms

• make it snappy

Translations

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