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Everlasting vs Firm - What's the difference?

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Everlasting is a related term of firm.


As adjectives the difference between everlasting and firm

is that everlasting is lasting or enduring forever; existing or continuing without end; immortal; eternal while firm is steadfast, secure, hard (in position).

As nouns the difference between everlasting and firm

is that everlasting is an everlasting flower while firm is (uk|business) a business partnership; the name under which it trades.

As a verb firm is

to make firm or strong; fix securely.

everlasting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lasting or enduring forever; existing or continuing without end; immortal; eternal.
  • * (rfdate), (w) xx1. 33
    • The Everlasting God.
  • Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive.
  • * (rfdate), (w) xvii. 8
    • I will give to thee, and to thy seed after theethe land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
  • * (rfdate), (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • And heard thy everlasting yawn confess / The pains and penalties of idleness.
  • (label) Existing with infinite temporal duration (as opposed to existence outside of time).
  • (label) Extremely.
  • *, chapter=10
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.}}

    Usage notes

    * Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end. *: Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. -(William Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * eternal, immortal, interminable, endless, never-ending, infinite, unlimited, unceasing, uninterrupted, continual, unintermitted, incessant * (existing with infinite temporal duration ) sempiternal

    Antonyms

    * (of a short life) ephemeral * (existing or continuing without end) finite, limited, mortal

    Derived terms

    * everlasting flower. * everlasting pea

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An everlasting flower.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 313:
    • ‘It is true perhaps it is too late now for you to look like a rose; but you can always look like an everlasting .’
  • A cloth fabric for shoes, etc.
    • (Webster 1913) English karmadharaya compounds

    firm

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
  • (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.
  • (slang) A criminal gang.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) ferme, from (etyl) ferme, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
  • * It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
  • fixed (in opinion)
    • a firm''' believer; a '''firm''' friend; a '''firm adherent
  • * He was firm that selling his company would a good choice and didn't let anyone talk him out of it.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.}}
  • solid, rigid (material state)
    • firm''' flesh; '''firm''' muscles, '''firm''' wood; '''firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
    Derived terms
    * firm up * firmish * firmly * firmness * firmware

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make firm or strong; fix securely.
  • To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
  • To become firm; stabilise.
  • To improve after decline.
  • Aust. To shorten (of betting odds).

    • Anagrams

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