Thriving vs. Living — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Thriving and Living
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Thriving
Thriving is a condition beyond mere survival, implying growth and positive development.
Living
Possessing life
Famous living painters.
Transplanted living tissue.
Thriving
To grow vigorously; flourish
Some plants thrive in sandy soil.
Living
In active function or use
A living language.
Thriving
To be successful or make steady progress; prosper
The town has been thriving on tourism.
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Living
Of persons who are alive
Events within living memory.
Thriving
That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
Living
Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life
Improved living conditions in the city.
Thriving
The action of the verb to thrive.
Living
Full of life, interest, or vitality
Made history a living subject.
Thriving
Present participle of thrive
Living
True to life; realistic
The living image of her mother.
Thriving
Very lively and profitable;
Flourishing businesses
A palmy time for stockbrokers
A prosperous new business
Doing a roaring trade
A thriving tourist center
Did a thriving business in orchids
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.
Thriving
Having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life;
Flourishing crops
Flourishing chicks
A growing boy
Fast-growing weeds
A thriving deer population
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).
Living
(Informal) Used as an intensive
Beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.
Living
The condition or action of maintaining life
The high cost of living.
Living
A manner or style of life
Preferred plain living.
Living
A means of maintaining life; livelihood
Made their living by hunting.
Living
Chiefly British A church benefice, including the revenue attached to it.
Living
Present participle of live
Living
Having life; alive.
A living, breathing child
Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
Living
In use or existing.
Hunanese is a living language.
Living
Of everyday life.
These living conditions are deplorable.
Living
True to life.
This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
Living
Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
Living
Continually updated; not static
HTML is a living standard.
Living
Used as an intensifier.
He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
Living
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
Living
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
What do you do for a living?
Living
A style of life.
Plain living
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.
Living
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
Living
Active; lively; vigorous; - said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
Living
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; - opposed to stagnant.
Living
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
Living
Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
Then on the living coals wine they pour.
Living
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
Living
Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
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.
Living
Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.
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
Living
The experience of living; the course of human events and activities;
He could no longer cope with the complexities of life
Living
People who are still living;
Save your pity for the living
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
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
Living
Pertaining to living persons;
Within living memory
Living
True to life; lifelike;
The living image of her mother
Living
Dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination;
Living quarters
Tree-living animals
Living
(informal) absolute;
She is a living doll
Scared the living daylights out of them
Beat the living hell out of him
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
Living
Still in active use;
A living language
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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