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Perpetual vs Perpetuity - What's the difference?

perpetual | perpetuity |

As an adjective perpetual

is lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.

As a noun perpetuity is

the quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.

perpetual

English

Alternative forms

* perpetuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
  • Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
  • Continuing uninterrupted
  • Flowering throughout the growing season
  • * By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.
  • * The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.
  • Derived terms

    * perpetual motion

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    perpetuity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
  • (countable) Something that is perpetual.
  • (countable, legal) A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
  • (countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
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