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Duration vs Lastingness - What's the difference?

duration | lastingness |

As nouns the difference between duration and lastingness

is that duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval while lastingness is the property of lasting; duration, permanence.

duration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An amount of time or a particular time interval.
  • The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
    • Rationing will last at least for the duration .
  • (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

    • See also

    * * (Bond duration) * dictionary.reference.com entry

    lastingness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:Now lastingnesse is not an accession unto wisdome.