different between vibrant vs vibrate

English

Etymology

From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?b??nt/

Adjective

vibrant (comparative more vibrant, superlative most vibrant)

1. Pulsing with energy or activity.

   He has a vibrant personality.

2. Lively and vigorous.
3. Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
4. (of a colour) Bright.

Synonyms

• (pulsing with energy or activity): dynamic, energetic, spirited; see also Thesaurus:active
• (lively, vigorous):
• (resonant, resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
• (bright): dazzling, luminous, nitid

Related terms

• vibrate
• vibration
• vibrantly
• vibrator

Translations

Further reading

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

Catalan

Verb

vibrant

1. present participle of vibrar

French

Verb

vibrant

1. present participle of vibrer

Latin

Verb

vibrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vibr?

Romanian

Etymology

From French vibrant.

Adjective

vibrant m or n (feminine singular vibrant?, masculine plural vibran?i, feminine and neuter plural vibrante)

1. vibrant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin vibr?tus, perfect passive participle of vibr? (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /va??b?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?va?.b?e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)

1. (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
2. (intransitive) To resonate.

   Her mind was vibrating with excitement.

3. (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.

   to vibrate a sword or a staff

4. (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.

   a pendulum vibrating seconds

5. (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
6. (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
   • 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)

     And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."

   • 1961, Congressional Record

     […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.

7. (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

vibrate (uncountable)

1. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.

   Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vrbaite

Italian

Verb

vibrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
2. second-person plural imperative of vibrare
3. feminine plural of vibrato

Anagrams

• brevità, trabevi

Latin

Verb

vibr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?