Endless vs Permanent - What's the difference?
endless | permanent |
Having no end.
Extending indefinitely.
(obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
Without end, eternal.
Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
* 1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 8:
(linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
As adjectives the difference between endless and permanent
is that endless is having no end while permanent is without end, eternal.As a noun permanent is
a chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.As a verb permanent is
(dated) to perm (the hair).endless
English
Adjective
(head)- endless''' time; '''endless praise
- an endless line
- All loves are endless .
Derived terms
* endlessly * endlessnessSynonyms
* infinite * unlimitedAntonyms
* finite * limitedpermanent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Nothing in this world is truly permanent .
- The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
Antonyms
* impermanent, temporaryDerived terms
* permanently * permanent marker * permanent wave * permanent wayNoun
(wikipedia permanent) (en noun)- She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent , a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.