collateral vs vital

collateral

adj
  • Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant. 

  • Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan. 

  • Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency. 

  • Acting in an indirect way. 

  • Parallel, along the same vein, side by side. 

  • Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal. 

  • Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security. 

  • Having the phloem and xylem adjacent. 

  • Coming or directed along the side. 

noun
  • Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material). 

  • A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. 

  • A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded. 

  • A branch of a bodily part or system of organs. 

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. 

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