life vs animation

life and animation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
life	Yes	No	No	No
animation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animation is a hypernym of life; that is, animation is a word with a broader meaning than life:

Other hypernyms of life include brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification.

As nouns, life and animation are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of life include aliveness, living.

life (noun)	animation (noun)
living things collectively	the making of animated cartoons
animation and energy in action or expression	general activity and motion
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities	the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
an account of the series of events making up a person's life	the property of being able to survive and grow
a motive for living	quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
a living person	the condition of living or the state of being alive
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
the condition of living or the state of being alive
a characteristic state or mode of living
the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
the period between birth and the present time
the period from the present until death
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives