Determinate vs Persist - What's the difference?
determinate | persist |
Distinct, clearly defined.
* Dryden
Fixed, set, unvarying.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
(biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
conclusive; decisive; positive
* Bible, Acts ii. 23
(obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
* Shakespeare
Of determined purpose; resolute.
* Sir Philip Sidney
(philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
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(obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
* Shakespeare
To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
To repeat an utterance.
To continue to exist.
(computing) To cause to persist; make permanent.
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As verbs the difference between determinate and persist
is that determinate is (obsolete) to bring to an end; to determine while persist is to go on stubbornly or resolutely.As an adjective determinate
is distinct, clearly defined.As a noun determinate
is (philosophy) a single state of a particular determinable attribute.determinate
English
Adjective
(-)- Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
- hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].
- The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
- My determinate voyage.
- More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
Antonyms
* (limited) indeterminate, nondeterminate * (biology) indeterminateDerived terms
* determinatenessNoun
(en noun)Verb
(determinat)- The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
persist
English
Verb
(en verb)- This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.
- While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.
