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Deathless vs Perpetual - What's the difference?

deathless | perpetual |

As adjectives the difference between deathless and perpetual

is that deathless is undying or immortal while perpetual is lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.

deathless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Undying or immortal.
  • * 2005 , Tony Magistrale, Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern and Postmodern Horror Film
  • Like the deathless vampire who must repeat its stalk-and-kill cycle in order to satisfy a recurring blood hunger, the earliest film horrors cannibalized its literary ancestry again and again.
  • Of a work of art or literature: conspicuously excellent, of the highest order, guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten.
  • Her novels are filled with unforgettable characters and deathless prose.

    Derived terms

    * deathlessly * deathlessness

    perpetual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * perpetuall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
  • Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
  • Continuing uninterrupted
  • Flowering throughout the growing season
  • * By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.
  • * The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.
  • Derived terms

    * perpetual motion

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