lively vs vital

lively

adj
  • Full of life; energetic. 

  • Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass. 

  • Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous. 

adv
  • Vigorously. 

  • Vibrantly, vividly. 

noun
  • Term of address. 

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 lively and vital occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )