different between survive vs vitality

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??v??v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??va?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
3. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.

   His children survived him; he was survived by his children.

   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene I:

     And for that dowrie, Ile a??ure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ?he ?uruiue me / In all my Lands and Lea?es what?oeuer / Let ?pecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand.

   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X:

     ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
4. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.

   He did not survive the accident.

5. (transitive) To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault.
6. (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

Synonyms

• overlive
• (live longer than): outlive

Antonyms

• (live longer than): predecease

Hyponyms

• (live longer than): postdecease

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• viveurs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.viv/
• Homophones: survives, survivent

Verb

survive

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of survivre
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre

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

Translations

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.