Living vs. Organic — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Living and Organic
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Living
Possessing life
Famous living painters.
Transplanted living tissue.
Organic
Relating to or derived from living matter
Organic soils
Living
In active function or use
A living language.
Organic
(of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals
Organic farming
Organic meat
Living
Of persons who are alive
Events within living memory.
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Organic
Relating to a bodily organ or organs.
Living
Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life
Improved living conditions in the city.
Organic
Denoting or characterized by a harmonious relationship between the elements of a whole
The organic unity of the integral work of art
Living
Full of life, interest, or vitality
Made history a living subject.
Organic
A food produced by organic farming.
Living
True to life; realistic
The living image of her mother.
Organic
An organic chemical compound.
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.
Organic
Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms
Organic matter.
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).
Organic
Of, relating to, or affecting a bodily organ
An organic disease.
Living
(Informal) Used as an intensive
Beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.
Organic
Of, marked by, or involving the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin
Organic vegetables.
An organic farm.
Living
The condition or action of maintaining life
The high cost of living.
Organic
Raised or conducted without the use of drugs, hormones, or synthetic chemicals
Organic chicken.
Organic cattle farming.
Living
A manner or style of life
Preferred plain living.
Organic
Serving organic food
An organic restaurant.
Living
A means of maintaining life; livelihood
Made their living by hunting.
Organic
Simple, healthful, and close to nature
An organic lifestyle.
Living
Chiefly British A church benefice, including the revenue attached to it.
Organic
Having properties associated with living organisms.
Living
Present participle of live
Organic
Resembling a living organism in organization or development; interconnected
Society as an organic whole.
Living
Having life; alive.
A living, breathing child
Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
Organic
Constituting an integral part of a whole; fundamental.
Living
In use or existing.
Hunanese is a living language.
Organic
(Law) Denoting or relating to the fundamental or constitutional laws and precepts of a government or an organization.
Living
Of everyday life.
These living conditions are deplorable.
Organic
(Chemistry) Of or designating carbon compounds.
Living
True to life.
This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
Organic
An organic food or a product made from organic materials.
Living
Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
Organic
A substance, especially a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
Living
Continually updated; not static
HTML is a living standard.
Organic
(Chemistry) An organic compound.
Living
Used as an intensifier.
He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
Organic
(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
Living
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
Organic
Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
Living
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
What do you do for a living?
Organic
(chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
Living
A style of life.
Plain living
Organic
(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
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.
Organic
(sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
Living
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
Organic
(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
Living
Active; lively; vigorous; - said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
Organic
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
Living
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; - opposed to stagnant.
Organic
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Living
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
Organic
Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
The writing of the script was an organic process.
Living
Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
Then on the living coals wine they pour.
Organic
Harmonious; coherent; structured.
The production came together in an organic whole.
Living
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
Organic
(chemistry) An organic compound.
Living
Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
Organic
An organic food.
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.
Organic
(science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.
Living
Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.
Organic
Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic.
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
Organic
Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.
Living
The experience of living; the course of human events and activities;
He could no longer cope with the complexities of life
Organic
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously.
Living
People who are still living;
Save your pity for the living
Organic
Forming a whole composed of organs.
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
Organic
Of or pertaining to compounds which are derivatives of hydrocarbons; pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a large series of carbon-containing compounds which are related to the carbon compounds produced by biological processes (such as methane, oils, fats, sugars, alcohols, ethers, proteins, etc.) and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; - contrasted with inorganic.
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
Organic
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
Living
Pertaining to living persons;
Within living memory
Organic
Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis;
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds
Living
True to life; lifelike;
The living image of her mother
Organic
Of or relating to or derived from living organisms;
Organic soil
Living
Dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination;
Living quarters
Tree-living animals
Organic
Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms;
Organic life
Organic growth
Organic remains found in rock
Living
(informal) absolute;
She is a living doll
Scared the living daylights out of them
Beat the living hell out of him
Organic
Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs;
An organic disease
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
Organic
Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones;
Organic eggs
Organic vegetables
Organic chicken
Living
Still in active use;
A living language
Organic
Simple and healthful and close to nature;
An organic lifestyle
Living
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried;
Carved into the living stone
Organic
Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
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