Lasted vs Survived - What's the difference?
lasted | survived |
(last)
(survive)
Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
To live longer than; to outlive.
* Shakespeare
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
To live past a life-threatening event.
(sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
As verbs the difference between lasted and survived
is that lasted is (last) while survived is (survive).lasted
English
Verb
(head)- The war lasted much longer than predicted.
- These shoes have lasted a nice long time.
Anagrams
*survived
English
Verb
(head)survive
English
Verb
(surviv)- His children survived''' him; he was '''survived by his children.
- I'll assure her of / Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, / In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
- ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
- He did not survive the accident.