Persevere vs Diligence - What's the difference?
persevere | diligence |
To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
* 1606 , , King Lear , act 3, scene 5:
* 1817 , , Persuasion , ch. 1:
* , "The Agonies of Writing a Musical Comedy":
conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
* 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:
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(legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
As a verb persevere
is .As a noun diligence is
conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something.persevere
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Alternative forms
* perservereVerb
(persever)- I will persevere in
- my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore
- between that and my blood.
- Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it.
- He is a trifle discouraged, but he perseveres .
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(wikipedia diligence)Noun
(en noun)- Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.