Exist vs. Live — What's the Difference?

To have actual being; be real.

Remain alive

To have life; live

Make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person

To live at a minimal level; subsist

Not dead or inanimate; living

To continue to be; persist

Relating to a musical performance given in concert, not on a recording

To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur

(of a wire or device) connected to a source of electric current.

To be; have existence; have being or reality

(of a question or subject) of current or continuing interest and importance

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

As or at an actual event or performance

To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.

To be alive; exist.

To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist in water, nor fishes on land.

To continue to be alive

Have an existence, be extant;

To support oneself; subsist

Support oneself;

To reside; dwell

To conduct one's life in a particular manner

To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life

To remain in human memory

To spend or pass (one's life).

To go through; experience

To practice in one's life

Having life; alive

Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living

Of current interest or relevance

(Informal) Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively

Glowing; burning

Not yet exploded but capable of being fired

(Electricity) Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity

Not mined or quarried; in the natural state

Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded

Involving performers or spectators who are physically present

Of, relating to, or containing living bacteria or active viruses, sometimes in an attenuated form

(Printing) Not yet set into type

(Sports) In play

At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

(intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

(of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

(intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.

To cope.

(intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.

(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

(transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

To live as; to live being.

(intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).

To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.

Being in existence; actual.

Having active properties; being energized.

Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

(programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.

Taken from a living animal.

(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

(sports) Still in active play.

(card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.

(of a performance or speech) In person.

Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.

Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.

Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.

(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.

(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

(film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

Being in a state of ignition; burning.

(obsolete) Vivid; bright.

(slang)

(dated) Energetic, attentive, active.

Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

Of making a performance or speech, in person.

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.

To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.

To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; - said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.

To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live.

To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; - with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.

To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.

To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; - with on or by; as, to live on spoils.

To outlast danger; to float; - said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.

To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.

To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

Having life; alive; living; not dead.

Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.

Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.

Vivid; bright.

Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam.

Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire.

Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded.

Still in active play; - of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball.

Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience.

Life.

Make one's home or live in;

Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;

Continue to live; endure or last;

Support oneself;

Have life, be alive;

Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

Pursue a positive and satisfying existence;

Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing;

Showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy;

Highly reverberant;

Charged with an explosive;

Rebounds readily;

Abounding with life and energy;

In current use or ready for use;

Of current relevance;

Charged or energized with electricity;

Having life;

Capable of erupting;

Not recorded;