Live vs. Lively — What's the Difference?

Remain alive

Full of energy or alertness; vigorous or animated

Make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person

Characterized by much activity or excitement

Not dead or inanimate; living

Quick-paced

Relating to a musical performance given in concert, not on a recording

Full of flavor or spice

(of a wire or device) connected to a source of electric current.

Stimulating and invigorating

(of a question or subject) of current or continuing interest and importance

Rebounding readily upon impact; resilient

As or at an actual event or performance

With energy or vigor; briskly

To be alive; exist.

Full of life; energetic.

To continue to be alive

Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.

To support oneself; subsist

(archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

To reside; dwell

(archaic) Representing life; lifelike.

To conduct one's life in a particular manner

(archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.

To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life

(of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.

To remain in human memory

Term of address.

To spend or pass (one's life).

Vigorously.

To go through; experience

Vibrantly, vividly.

To practice in one's life

(obsolete) In a lifelike manner.

Having life; alive

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living

Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.

Of current interest or relevance

Gay; airy; animated; spirited.

(Informal) Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively

Representing life; lifelike.

Glowing; burning

Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.

Not yet exploded but capable of being fired

In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.

(Electricity) Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity

With strong resemblance of life.

Not mined or quarried; in the natural state

Full of life and energy;

Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded

Full of zest or vigor;

Involving performers or spectators who are physically present

Quick and energetic;

Of, relating to, or containing living bacteria or active viruses, sometimes in an attenuated form

Rebounds readily;

(Printing) Not yet set into type

Filled with events or activity;

(Sports) In play

Full of spirit;

At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance

Characterized by energetic activity;

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

(intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

(of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

(intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.

To cope.

(intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.

(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

(transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

To live as; to live being.

(intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).

To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.

Being in existence; actual.

Having active properties; being energized.

Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

(programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.

Taken from a living animal.

(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

(sports) Still in active play.

(card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.

(of a performance or speech) In person.

Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.

Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.

Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.

(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.

(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

(film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

Being in a state of ignition; burning.

(obsolete) Vivid; bright.

(slang)

(dated) Energetic, attentive, active.

Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

Of making a performance or speech, in person.

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.

To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.

To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; - said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.

To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live.

To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; - with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.

To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.

To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; - with on or by; as, to live on spoils.

To outlast danger; to float; - said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.

To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.

To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

Having life; alive; living; not dead.

Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.

Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.

Vivid; bright.

Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam.

Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire.

Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded.

Still in active play; - of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball.

Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience.

Life.

Make one's home or live in;

Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;

Continue to live; endure or last;

Support oneself;

Have life, be alive;

Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

Pursue a positive and satisfying existence;

Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing;

Showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy;

Highly reverberant;

Charged with an explosive;

Rebounds readily;

Abounding with life and energy;

In current use or ready for use;

Of current relevance;

Charged or energized with electricity;

Having life;

Capable of erupting;

Not recorded;