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Perseverance vs Guts - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between perseverance and guts

is that perseverance is continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure while guts is plural of lang=en.

As a verb guts is

to show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

perseverance

English

Alternative forms

* perseveraunce (archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
  • Persistent determination to adhere to a plan of direction; insistence.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    • It had taken nine years from the evening that first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * persevere * perseverant

    guts

    English

    (wikipedia guts)

    Noun

    (head)
  • The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
  • (slang) Courage; determination.
  • :* It must have taken some guts to speak in front that audience.
  • :* She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts .
  • (slang) Content, substance.
  • :* His speech had no guts in it.

    • Synonyms

    * (entrails) entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera * (courage) balls, nerve, pluck, big balls

    Verb

    (es)
  • (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out ).
    • He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

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