Permanent vs Limited - What's the difference?
permanent | limited |
Without end, eternal.
Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
* 1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 8:
(linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
(limit)
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
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As adjectives the difference between permanent and limited
is that permanent is without end, eternal while limited is with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.As verbs the difference between permanent and limited
is that permanent is to perm (the hair) while limited is past tense of limit.As a noun permanent
is a chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.permanent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Nothing in this world is truly permanent .
- The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
Antonyms
* impermanent, temporaryDerived terms
* permanently * permanent marker * permanent wave * permanent wayNoun
(wikipedia permanent) (en noun)- She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent , a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
See also
* determinant * ephemeral * relaxer * temporaryExternal links
* * * ----limited
English
(wikipedia limited)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
