"Dormant" and "Moribund"

       Contrasts, similarities, oppositeness of words pique my interest.

       A "dormant" state (the root meaning is "to sleep") is a state of suspended animation, capable of being animated or enlivened, but not yet alive.

       A "moribund" state (root meaning is "to die") is a state of near death, of being about to die, but not yet dead.

       "Dormant" and "moribund" are, perhaps not coincidentally, near, but not yet, anagrams.