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Lifelike vs Expressive - What's the difference?

lifelike | expressive |

As adjectives the difference between lifelike and expressive

is that lifelike is like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait while expressive is effectively conveying thought or feeling.

lifelike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}

    expressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

    • Antonyms

    * inexpressive * unexpressive

    Derived terms

    * expressiveness

    Related terms

    * expressivity

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