Permanent vs Persistable - What's the difference?
permanent | persistable |
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 .
(computing) That can be made to persist; permanent.
*2000 , Pradeep Tapadiya, COM+ Programming: A Practical Guide Using Visual C++ and ATL
*:A message can contain any data, including persistable objects.
*2002 , Drayton et al'', ''C# in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
*:A dynamic module can be either transient or persistable .
As adjectives the difference between permanent and persistable
is that permanent is without end, eternal while persistable is (computing) that can be made to persist; permanent.As a noun permanent
is a chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.As a verb permanent
is (dated) to perm (the hair).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.