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Enduring vs Incorruptible - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between enduring and incorruptible

is that enduring is long-lasting while incorruptible is not subject to corruption or decay.

As nouns the difference between enduring and incorruptible

is that enduring is endurance while incorruptible is one of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.

As a verb enduring

is present participle of lang=en.

enduring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Long-lasting.
    • an enduring belief in democracy

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • endurance
  • * 1854 , James Kennedy, Probable Origin of the American Indians (page 14)
    • It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise

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    incorruptible

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incorruptable * uncorruptible * uncorruptable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not subject to corruption or decay.
  • * Wake
    • Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances.
  • Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) One of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.
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