Carbon-based
Living and carbon-based are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Living" instead an adjective phrase "Carbon-based".
Living
Living adjective - Being in effective operation.
Carbon-based and living are semantically related. You can use "Carbon-based" instead an adjective "Living".
Both words in one sentence
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Quofum, a mysterious world near the Humanx Commonwealth, has an insanely diverse ecosystem, featuring organisms with radically different biochemistry - carbon-based, silicon-based, sulfate-based, gaseous, etc - living side by side.
Source: No Biochemical Barriers - Interestingly, this implies that "Carbon Units" (carbon-based life) on the machines' homeworld are considered "artificial" by the living machines, which raises some very interesting questions about their evolution and technology.
Source: Mechanistic Alien Culture
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Living and Carbon-based. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/carbon-based/living
Carbon-based & Living. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/carbon-based/living>.
Living or Carbon-based. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/carbon-based/living.
