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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