heaven vs life

heaven

noun
  • Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects. 

  • A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy. 

  • The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus. 

  • The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence. 

  • The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically 

  • The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium. 

  • The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres. 

  • Any paradise; any blissful place or experience. 

  • Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate. 

  • Paradise, the afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death. 

life

noun
  • The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive. 

  • A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole). 

  • An opportunity for existence. 

  • A worthwhile existence. 

  • The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. 

  • The span of time during which an object operates. 

  • The most lively component or participant. 

  • A particular phase or period of existence. 

  • Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it. 

  • The period of time during which an object is recognizable. 

  • Animation; spirit; vivacity. 

  • A biography. 

  • One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. 

  • A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team. 

  • Social life. 

  • Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc. 

  • A particular aspect of existence. 

  • The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism. 

  • The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc. 

  • Lifeforms, generally or collectively. 

  • A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age). 

  • One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball. 

  • The life insurance industry. 

  • A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract). 

  • Existence. 

  • A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.) 

verb
  • To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired. 

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