Perennial vs Sempiternal - What's the difference?
perennial | sempiternal |
Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.
(botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare (annual), (biennial).
(figuratively) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing.
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(figuratively) Enduring; lasting; timeless.
(figuratively) Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again.
A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare (annual), (biennial).
Seemingly everlasting or eternal.
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* 2008 , Shivangi Singh, "
(philosophy) everlasting, that is having infinite temporal duration; as opposed to eternal, outside time and thus lacking temporal duration
As adjectives the difference between perennial and sempiternal
is that perennial is lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time while sempiternal is seemingly everlasting or eternal.As a noun perennial
is a perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare {{term|annual}}, {{term|biennial}}.perennial
English
Adjective
(-)- a perennial stream
- The perennial existence of bodies corporate and their fortunes are things particularly suited to a man who has long views…
- His artwork has a perennial beauty.
- Change is a perennial theme in politics.
Derived terms
* perenniallyNoun
(Perennial plant) (en noun)sempiternal
English
Adjective
(-)- The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without knowing how or why; in short to draw a new circle.
A sneak-peek at 'just friends' of filmdom!", ZeeNews , August 2,
- but in filmdom, the sempiternal question continues: Can a male and female actor be just 'good friends'?
