different between vehemence vs animation

English

Etymology

From Middle French vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi??m?n(t)s/, /?vi?h?m?n(t)s/

Noun

vehemence (usually uncountable, plural vehemences)

1. An intense concentration, force or power.

   The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.

2. A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.

   His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.

   • 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):

     This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

3. Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 1:

     I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Related terms

• vehemency
• vehement

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin animatio, from animare, equivalent to animate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.??me?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

animation (countable and uncountable, plural animations)

1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
   • 1647, Joseph Hall, Christ Mysticall; or the blessed union of Christ and his Members, as edited and reprinted in Josiah Pratt (editor), The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume 8, C. Wittingham (1808), page 217:

     […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.

2. (animation, in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) so produced
3. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

   He recited the story with great animation.

4. The condition of being animate or alive.

   • Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.

5. (linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
6. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

Synonyms

• (the act of breathing life into something): vitalization, vivification, enlivenment
• (the state of being lively): airiness, ardor, buoyancy, earnestness, energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, promptitude, spirit, sprightliness, vivacity
• (the condition of being alive): life

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (anim?shon)

Translations

Anagrams

• amination

French

Etymology

From Latin animatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.ma.sj??/

Noun

animation f (plural animations)

1. animation

Further reading

• “animation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

animation c

1. animation

Declension