Chronic vs Pervasive - What's the difference?
chronic | pervasive |
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 (label) Prolonged or slow to heal.
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Inveterate or habitual.
(label) Very bad, awful.
(label) Extremely serious.
(label) Good, great, as in "wicked".
(slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
(medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
As adjectives the difference between chronic and pervasive
is that chronic is of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time while pervasive is manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.As a noun chronic
is (slang) marijuana, typically of high quality.chronic
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Alternative forms
* chronick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
Antonyms
* (prolonged or slow to heal) acuteNoun
Synonyms
* See alsoReferences
* *pervasive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.