What's the difference between spirited and vigorous?

Spirited


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Spirit
  • (a.) Animated or possessed by a spirit.
  • (a.) Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
  • (2) The spirit is great here, the players work very hard, we kept the belief when we were in third place and now we are here.
  • (3) Eight of the UK's biggest supermarkets have signed up to a set of principles following concerns that they were "failing to operate within the spirit of the law" over special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
  • (4) Olympic games are a competition between countries, but here spectators can freely choose which star to cheer for and unite as one,” said Inoki, a lawmaker in Japan’s upper house who was known as “Burning Fighting Spirit” in the ring.
  • (5) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
  • (6) I would like to add the spirit within the dressing room, it is much better now.
  • (7) United have a fantastic spirit, we don't have the same spirit.
  • (8) Following exposure to white spirit vapour, the effect of the expired solvent on evidential breath alcohol equipment was investigated under controlled exposure chamber conditions and in a simulated painting exercise.
  • (9) Meeting the families shows how well-adjusted they are, their spirit and determination and the way they have acted is an absolute credit to themselves."
  • (10) Gin was popularised in the UK via British troops who were given the spirit as “Dutch courage” during the 30 years’ war.
  • (11) The main cause of oesophageal cancer in western countries is consumption of alcoholic beverages, the degree of risk being much greater for certain spirits than for wine or beer.
  • (12) Per adult (greater than or equal to 15 years) consumption of beer, wine, spirits and absolute alcohol for a 14-year period (1971--1984) was related to female breast cancer morbidity rates in Western Australia.
  • (13) At the front of the march was Lee Cheuk-yan, a former lawmaker of 20 years, carrying a banner calling for Liu’s spirit to inspire people.
  • (14) The country goes to the polls on Thursday in what observers see as its most spirited presidential race.
  • (15) People like Hugo forgot how truly miserable Paris had been for ordinary Parisians.” Out of a job and persona non grata in Paris, Haussmann spent six months in Italy to lift his spirits.
  • (16) This suggests that a surgical scrub should be used more widely in clinical practice, and that a spirit-based hand lotion might with advantage become a partial substitute for handwashing, particularly in areas where handwashing is frequent and iatrogenic coagulase-negative staphylococcal infection common.
  • (17) Horrocks plans to summon the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to make his case: “The [1970] Conservative government came in with a manifesto commitment to kill the Open University, to kill Harold Wilson’s brainchild at birth.
  • (18) And yet, the spirit of '68 endures, perhaps mythical, perhaps as a lingering sense of the possibilities that mass activism once had.
  • (19) In our time of rapidly changing life styles it is useful to understand that voices also mirror the spirit of an era.
  • (20) An increasing incidence of methylated spirit burns in barbecue users is documented in a three year retrospective survey.

Vigorous


Definition:

  • (a.) Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.
  • (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
  • (2) A history of vigorous sports in the past was not protective.
  • (3) No cases of rheumatic fever and no acute nephritis appeared in spite of the vigorous immune response to both cellular and extracellular antigens of group A streptococci documented in 50% to 80% of patients, suggesting that strain variation may be a feature of rheumatogenicity as well as nephritogenicity of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
  • (4) In support of this contention, 5R-4F3 grew very poorly under conditions that supported the vigorous growth of E beta bE alpha k-restricted T-cell clones from the same mouse.
  • (5) The low incidence of pneumonia regardless of the type of therapy may be attributable to vigorous, vigilant respiratory care in a population at high risk for developing pneumonia.
  • (6) The apparent Km for K+-ATP was 2.1 mM when the incubation mixture was vigorously stirred, and the effect of stirring indicated that the kinetics of K+-ATP hydrolysis are limited by external diffusion.
  • (7) They had mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign, both in public and behind the scenes, since the legislation first came to light this month .
  • (8) Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, a vigorous defender of Israel, called the speech “ill-advised”.
  • (9) A vigorous progressive physical and occupational therapy program producing tangible results does more for the patient's morale than any verbal encouragement could possibly do.
  • (10) In anesthetized cats, direct neural recording of vagal activity to the heart confirmed that vigorous reflex vagal activation during acute myocardial ischemia is associated with protection from ventricular fibrillation.
  • (11) The control, uninfected rats make vigorous primary and secondary antibody responses when challenged with keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH), human immunoglobulin (HuIg) or sheep red blood cells (SRBC).
  • (12) Policies recommending quarantine, isolation, mandatory testing of certain populations, and vigorous public education are explored.
  • (13) Preliminary clinical studies demonstrate that the progression of diabetic renal disease can be slowed by vigorous antihypertensive therapy.
  • (14) Parasite antigen responses appeared 2 weeks after challenge of C3H mice and remained vigorous for periods up to 6 months.
  • (15) However, Bryo induced only a marginal proliferative response as compared with the vigorous response induced by PMA.
  • (16) SF T cells were able to mount vigorous proliferative responses to recall antigen presented by autologous antigen-presenting cells.
  • (17) Results show that schistosome eggs are autonomous inducers of vigorous Th2-like effector responses.
  • (18) ANG II given as early as 10 days after surgery, and they drank reliably and vigorously but less in total volume to 100 ng i.c.v.
  • (19) However, because the potential exists for recurrence of the cardiac tumor, for enlargement of the cerebral lesions, or for late development of cerebral lesions, long term follow-up is mandatory and a vigorous work-up must be pursued if the patient again becomes symptomatic or develops central nervous system manifestations for the first time.
  • (20) Platelet concentrates collected by continuous flow automated apheresis (Fenwal CS-3000) were compared with those collected by manual apheresis to determine whether the prolonged centrifugation and vigorous resuspension affected platelet viability and in vitro function.