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Perpetuity vs Permanent - What's the difference?

perpetuity | permanent |

As nouns the difference between perpetuity and permanent

is that perpetuity is (uncountable) the quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence while permanent is a chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.

As an adjective permanent is

without end, eternal.

As a verb permanent is

(dated) to perm (the hair).

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.

    • See also

    * ("perpetuity" on Wikipedia)

    References

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    permanent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without end, eternal.
    • Nothing in this world is truly permanent .
  • Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
    • The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.

    Antonyms

    * impermanent, temporary

    Derived terms

    * permanently * permanent marker * permanent wave * permanent way

    Related terms

    * permafrost * permatemp

    Noun

    (wikipedia permanent) (en noun)
  • 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:
    • She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent , a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
  • (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}.

    • See also

    * determinant * ephemeral * relaxer * temporary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To perm (the hair).

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