Permanent vs Timeless - What's the difference?
permanent | timeless |
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 .
Eternal.
* (rfdate) Young
Not affected by time; ageless.
(obsolete) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
* (rfdate) Alexander Pope
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
Timeless is a antonym of permanent.
As adjectives the difference between permanent and timeless
is that permanent is without end, eternal while timeless is eternal.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 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.
See also
* determinant * ephemeral * relaxer * temporaryExternal links
* * * ----timeless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Timeless night and chaos.
- Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast / Timeless , indecent.
- Must I behold thy timeless , cruel death?
- The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.