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Perpetually vs Eternally - What's the difference?

perpetually | eternally |

As adverbs the difference between perpetually and eternally

is that perpetually is seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly while eternally is for eternity; forever.

perpetually

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.

    • eternally

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • For eternity; forever.
  • Unceasingly, recurringly.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author= W. B. M. Ferguson
    • , title= Zollenstein, chapter=1 , passage=The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.}}