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Endure vs Inhabit - What's the difference?

endure | inhabit |

As verbs the difference between endure and inhabit

is that endure is while inhabit is to live or reside in.

endure

English

Alternative forms

* enduer (obsolete) * indure (obsolete)

Verb

  • To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
  • The singer's popularity endured for decades.
  • To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  • To last.
  • Our love will endure forever.
  • * Bible, Job viii. 15
  • He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .
  • To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
  • * Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14
  • Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
  • To suffer patiently.
  • He endured years of pain.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (obsolete) To indurate.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    References

    * ----

    inhabit

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enhabit (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To live or reside in.
  • The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
  • * Moore
  • O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
  • To be present in; to occupy.
  • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

    Synonyms

    * bedwell

    Derived terms

    * inhabitable