Living vs. Creature — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Living and Creature
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Living
Possessing life
Famous living painters.
Transplanted living tissue.
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Creature
A living being, especially an animal
Land creatures.
Microscopic creatures in a drop of water.
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Living
In active function or use
A living language.
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Creature
A human.
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Living
Of persons who are alive
Events within living memory.
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Creature
An imaginary or fantastical being
Mythological creatures.
A creature from outer space.
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Living
Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life
Improved living conditions in the city.
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Creature
One dependent on or subservient to another.
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Living
Full of life, interest, or vitality
Made history a living subject.
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Creature
Something created.
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Living
True to life; realistic
The living image of her mother.
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Creature
A living being; an animal.
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Living
Still in place as part of a larger mass. Used especially of rock
“In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood” (J. R. R. Tolkien). “Carved into a sandstone cliff face towered over by 18,000-foot peaks stood the colossal Buddhas.
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Creature
An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
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Living
Having motion suggestive of life. Used especially of water
“The rippling of living waters, the song of birds, the joyous confidence of flowers, the calm, undisturbable grandeur of the oaks, mark this place ... as one of the Lord's most favored abodes of life and light” (John Muir).
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Creature
A human.
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Living
(Informal) Used as an intensive
Beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.
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Creature
A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
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Living
The condition or action of maintaining life
The high cost of living.
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Creature
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
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Living
A manner or style of life
Preferred plain living.
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Creature
Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
God's first creature was light.
On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extolHim first, him last, him midst, and without end.
And most attractive is the fair resultOf thought, the creature of a polished mind.
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Living
A means of maintaining life; livelihood
Made their living by hunting.
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Creature
A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.
The world hath not a sweeter creature.
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Living
Chiefly British A church benefice, including the revenue attached to it.
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Creature
A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen.
Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
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Living
Present participle of live
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Creature
A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
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Living
Having life; alive.
A living, breathing child
Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
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Creature
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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Living
In use or existing.
Hunanese is a living language.
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Creature
A human being; `wight' is an archaic term
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Living
Of everyday life.
These living conditions are deplorable.
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Creature
A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
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Living
True to life.
This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
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Living
Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
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Living
Continually updated; not static
HTML is a living standard.
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Living
Used as an intensifier.
He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
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Living
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
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Living
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
What do you do for a living?
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Living
A style of life.
Plain living
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Living
(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
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Living
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
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Living
Active; lively; vigorous; - said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
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Living
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; - opposed to stagnant.
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Living
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
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Living
Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
Then on the living coals wine they pour.
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Living
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
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Living
Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
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Living
Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing.
She can spin for her living.
He divided unto them his living.
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Living
Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.
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Living
The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living
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Living
The experience of living; the course of human events and activities;
He could no longer cope with the complexities of life
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Living
People who are still living;
Save your pity for the living
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Living
The condition of living or the state of being alive;
While there's life there's hope
Life depends on many chemical and physical processes
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Living
The financial means whereby one lives;
Each child was expected to pay for their keep
He applied to the state for support
He could no longer earn his own livelihood
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Living
Pertaining to living persons;
Within living memory
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Living
True to life; lifelike;
The living image of her mother
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Living
Dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination;
Living quarters
Tree-living animals
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Living
(informal) absolute;
She is a living doll
Scared the living daylights out of them
Beat the living hell out of him
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Living
Still in existence;
The Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil
The only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania
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Living
Still in active use;
A living language
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Living
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried;
Carved into the living stone
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