animated vs vital

animated

adj
  • Endowed with life. 

  • Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely. 

  • Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming. 

vital

adj
  • Containing life; living. 

  • Invigorating or life-giving. 

  • Very important. 

  • Necessary to continued existence. 

  • Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. 

  • Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. 

  • Relating to the recording of life events. 

  • Relating to, or characteristic of life. 

How often have the words animated and vital occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )