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Permanency vs Sojourn - What's the difference?

permanency | sojourn |

As nouns the difference between permanency and sojourn

is that permanency is the state or quality of permanence while sojourn is a short stay somewhere.

As a verb sojourn is

to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

permanency

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or quality of permanence.
    • The permanency of the new government is questionable.

    sojourn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short stay somewhere.
  • * 2006 , Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
    • The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues
  • A temporary residence.
    • Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn . — Milton.

    Verb

  • To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
  • * Bible, Genesis xii. 30
    • Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
  • * Hayward
    • The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.

    Conjugation

    * The archaic third-person singular present active indicative form sojourneth is also attested.

    Related terms

    * sojourner

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