The words live and life are often confused because they have a similar spelling. In this article, we explain the difference between them.

Life means the state that follows birth, and precedes death; the state of being alive and living when used as a noun.

Live means to be alive; to have life when used as a verb.

Live is also used as an adjective. It means having life; that is alive.

A good way to remember the difference is Live is the simple present form of living.

Out of the two words, ‘life’ is the most common. It appears about four times more frequently than ‘live’.