Perseverate vs Ruminate - What's the difference?
perseverate | ruminate |
describing the behavior, generally displayed by those with various developmental disabilities, of extraordinary, exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail or occurrence others consider minor.
to repeat or continue a pattern.
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
To meditate or reflect.
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
As verbs the difference between perseverate and ruminate
is that perseverate is describing the behavior, generally displayed by those with various developmental disabilities, of extraordinary, exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail or occurrence others consider minor while ruminate is to chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.As an adjective ruminate is
having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.perseverate
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Verb
(perseverat)Synonyms
* (l) (excess attention or obsession) * (l) (to repeat) *Derived terms
* perseveration * perseveratoryruminate
English
Verb
(ruminat)- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
- What I know / Is ruminated , plotted, and set down.
- Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
Synonyms
* See also * OrDerived terms
* ruminatorSee also
* chew the cudAdjective
(-)- a ruminate endosperm
