Immutable vs Perpetual - What's the difference?
immutable | perpetual |
Unable to be changed without exception.
(programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially, such as a constant.
Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
Continuing uninterrupted
Flowering throughout the growing season
* By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.
* The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.
As adjectives the difference between immutable and perpetual
is that immutable is unable to be changed without exception while perpetual is lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.As a noun immutable
is something that cannot be changed.immutable
English
Adjective
(-)- The government has enacted an immutable law.