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Longevity vs Perpetuity - What's the difference?

longevity | perpetuity |

As nouns the difference between longevity and perpetuity

is that longevity is the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life while perpetuity is the quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.

longevity

English

Noun

(longevities)
  • The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life
    • Grandfather had incredible longevity — he lived to be 105 years old!

    Related terms

    * longevous

    Synonyms

    * permanence

    perpetuity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
  • (countable) Something that is perpetual.
  • (countable, legal) A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
  • (countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

    • See also

    * ("perpetuity" on Wikipedia)

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