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Vital vs. Vivid — What's the Difference?

Vital vs. Vivid — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Vital and Vivid

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Vital

Of, relating to, or characteristic of life
Vital strength.

Vivid

Perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant
A vivid star.

Vital

Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining
A vital organ.
Vital nutrients.

Vivid

Having intensely bright colors
A vivid tapestry.

Vital

Used or done on a living cell or tissue
Vital dyes.
Vital staining.
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Vivid

Having a very high degree of saturation
A vivid purple.

Vital

Concerned with or recording data pertinent to lives
Vital records.

Vivid

Presented in clear and striking manner
A vivid account of the incident.

Vital

Full of life or energy; animated
"The population of the teeming, vital slum ... declined" (Rick Hampson).

Vivid

Perceived or felt with the freshness of immediate experience
A vivid recollection of their childhood.

Vital

Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness
"Irrigation was vital to early civilization" (William H. McNeill).

Vivid

Active in forming lifelike images
A vivid imagination.

Vital

Extremely important; essential
"A vital component of any democracy is a free labor movement" (Bayard Rustin).

Vivid

(of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.

Vital

Destructive to life; fatal
A vital injury.

Vivid

(of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.

Vital

Relating to, or characteristic of life.
Vital energies; vital functions; vital actions

Vivid

Full of life, strikingly alive.

Vital

Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
The brain is a vital organ.

Vivid

(New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

Vital

Invigorating or life-giving.

Vivid

True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.
In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play.
Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine.

Vital

Necessary to continued existence.
The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.

Vivid

Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in.

Vital

Relating to the recording of life events.
Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.

Vivid

Evoking lifelike images within the mind;
Pictorial poetry and prose
Graphic accounts of battle
A lifelike portrait
A vivid description

Vital

Very important.
It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.

Vivid

Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience;
A vivid recollection

Vital

Containing life; living.

Vivid

Having striking color;
Bright greens
Brilliant tapestries
A bird with vivid plumage

Vital

Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

Vivid

(of color) having the highest saturation;
Vivid green
Intense blue

Vital

Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

Vital

Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
Do the heavens afford him vital food?
And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth.

Vital

Containing life; living.

Vital

Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part.

Vital

Very necessary; highly important; essential.
A competence is vital to content.

Vital

Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital.

Vital

A vital part; one of the vitals.

Vital

Urgently needed; absolutely necessary;
A critical element of the plan
Critical medical supplies
Vital for a healthy society
Of vital interest

Vital

Performing an essential function in the living body;
Vital organs
Blood and other vital fluids
The loss of vital heat in shock
A vital spot
Life-giving love and praise

Vital

Full of spirit;
A dynamic full of life woman
A vital and charismatic leader
This whole lively world

Vital

Manifesting or characteristic of life;
A vital, living organism
Vital signs

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